Handbook of Quantitative Criminology

The Handbook of Quantitative Criminology is designed to be the authoritative volume on methodological and statistical issues in criminology and criminal justice. At a time when this field is gaining in sophistication and dealing with ever more complex empirical problems, this volume seeks to provide...

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Other Authors: Piquero, Alex R. (Editor), Weisburd, David (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Testing Theories of Criminal Decision Making: Some Empirical Questions about Hypothetical Scenarios
  • Instrumental Variables in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Estimation of Impacts and Outcomes of Crime and Justice: Non-Experimental Approaches to Explaining Crime and Justice Outcomes
  • Multilevel Analysis in the Study of Crime and Justice
  • Logistic Regression Models for Categorical Outcome Variables
  • Count Models in Criminology
  • Statistical Analysis of Spatial Crime Data
  • An Introduction to Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective
  • Estimating Effects over Time for Single and Multiple Units
  • Missing Data Problems in Criminological Research
  • The Life Event Calendar Method in Criminological Research
  • Statistical Power
  • Descriptive Validity and Transparent Reporting in Randomised Controlled Trials
  • Measurement Error in Criminal Justice Data
  • Statistical Models of Life Events and Criminal Behavior
  • Estimation of Impacts and Outcomes of Crime and Justice: Topics in Experimental Methods
  • An Introduction to Experimental Criminology
  • Randomized Block Designs
  • Construct Validity: The Importance of Understanding the Nature of the Intervention Under Study
  • Place Randomized Trials
  • Longitudinal-Experimental Studies
  • Multisite Trials in Criminal Justice Settings: Trials and Tribulations of Field Experiments
  • Estimation of Impacts and Outcomes of Crime and Justice: Innovation in Quasi-Experimental Design
  • Propensity Score Matching in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Recent Perspectives on the Regression Discontinuity Design
  • Descriptive Approaches for Research and Policy: Innovative Descriptive Methods for Crime and Justice Problems
  • Crime Mapping: Spatial and Temporal Challenges
  • Look Before You Analyze: Visualizing Data in Criminal Justice
  • Group-Based Trajectory Modeling: An Overview
  • General Growth Mixture Analysis with Antecedents and Consequences of Change
  • Spatial Regression Models in Criminology: Modeling Social Processes in the Spatial Weights Matrix
  • Mixed Method Research in Criminology: Why Not Go Both Ways?
  • Descriptive Approaches for Research and Policy: New Estimation Techniques for Assessing Crime and Justice Policy
  • Estimating Costs of Crime
  • Estimating Treatment Effects: Matching Quantification to the Question
  • Meta-analysis
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Systematic Social Observation in Criminology
  • New Directions in Assessing Design, Measurement and Data Quality
  • Identifying and Addressing Response Errors in Self-Report Surveys