Advancing Quantitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice is designed to promote the understanding of various quantitative research methods and to encourage their use among those seeking answers to questions about crime and justice. To this end a number of top scholars have been assembled to provide their insights on a variety of 'cutting edge' quantitative research techniques. The chapters that appear delve into the state of quantitative methods in the discipline, group-based trajectory modeling, spatial dependence models, structural equation models, meta-analysis, social network designs, panel data modeling, and censored regression techniques. This book will be highly beneficial for readers who seek to stay as current as possible as they pursue answers to questions about crime and justice using quantitative research methods.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

About the Author

Travis C. Pratt is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, USA. He is the author of more than forty-five refereed articles which have appeared in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Crime and Delinquency, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Advances in Criminological Theory, and Crime and Justice: An Annual Review. He is also the author of Addicted to Incarceration: Corrections Policy and the Politics of Misinformation in the United States (2009).

Book Information
ISBN 9780415845878
Author Travis C. Pratt
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 226g