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    <namePart>Maxfield, Michael G.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Thomson/Wadsworth</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2006</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xiv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Criminal justice and scientific inquiry -- Theory and ethics in criminal justice research -- General issues in research design -- Concepts, operationalization, and measurement -- Experimental and quasi-experimental designs -- Overview of data collection and sampling -- Survey research and other ways of asking questions -- Field research -- Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data -- Evaluation research and policy analysis -- Interpreting data.</tableOfContents>
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  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-351) and indexes.</note>
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