The eleven chapters in this volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance discuss a variety of issues of methodological significance in research in the fields of criminology and criminal justice studies. As scholarly work on various aspects of crime, deviance, criminal justice, and social control has progressed tremendously in recent decades, both in terms of scope as well as with respect to theoretical approaches, the employed methods of investigation have also broadened and advanced to be as sophisticated as those used in any other area of contemporary social-science inquiry. The authors in this volume demonstrate the methodological maturity and diversity of current empirical research in criminology and criminal justice in a number of areas, such as general trends of crime, criminal networks, violence against women, sex work, elder financial exploitation, school safety, immigrant detention, extremism on the internet, and human trafficking.
Presenting a state-of-the-art overview of criminological and criminal justice methodologies today, this book is of interest to a wide range of scholars and students in the fields of criminology, sociology, justice policy, and criminal justice.

About the Author
Mathieu Deflem, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, USA, specializes in the sociology of social control, terrorism, policing, sociology of law, and sociological theory. He is the author of four books, including The Policing of Terrorism (2010) and Sociology of Law (2008). Derek M.D. Silva, Department of Sociology, King's University College at Western University, Canada, specializes in radicalization and violent extremism, policing, sport, and social control. His most recent work can be found in peer-reviewed journals Sociological Forum, Race & Class, and the Sociology of Sport Journal.

Reviews
Beginning with the understanding that a discipline's fundamental theories determine what questions researchers ask and what methods they use to answer them, scholars of criminology and criminal justice offer an overview of the value and use of a variety of methods and research techniques in those fields. In sections on general patterns and trends, special groups and problems, and crossing boundaries, they consider such topics as whether crime is rising or falling: a comparison of police-recorded crime and victimization surveys, innovative methods of gathering survey data on violence against women, methods of male sex work research: recommendations and future research opportunities, methodological challenges in collaborative research with immigrant women experiencing intimate partner violence in Canada, and agency records as a method for examining human trafficking. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *



Book Information
ISBN 9781787698666
Author Mathieu Deflem
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 293g