Research in Practice for Forensic Professionals (Hardcover)

Part 1: Introduction to Forensic Research  1. Conducting Research in Forensic Settings: Philosophical and Practical Issues, Jason Davies, Kerry Sheldon and Kevin Howells  2. Ethical Problems Arising in Forensic and Correctional Research, Tony Ward and Gwenda Willis  Part 2: Risk, Investigative and Criminal Justice Research  3. Risk Research, Michael Doyle  4. Facet Theory and Multi-Dimensional Scaling Methods in Forensic Research, Jennifer Brown  5. Court Relevant Research Methods, Matthew A. Palmer, Ruth Horry, and Neil Brewer  Part 3: Approaches at the Qualitative Level  6. Qualitative Research With Staff In Forensic Settings: A Grounded Theory Example, Neil Gordon  7. Using Qualitative Methods to Research Offenders and Forensic Patients, Dennis Howitt  Part 4: Assessing Individual Change  8. Single Case Methodologies, Jason Davies and Kerry Sheldon  9. The Idiographic Measurement of Change, Sean Hammond  10. Functional Analysis, Michael Daffern  Part 5: Approaches at the Group Level  10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Randomised Control Trials, Clive R. Hollin  11. Evaluation of Regimes and Environments, Matt Tonkin and Kevin Howells  12. Evaluating the quality of criminal justice programmes, Andrew Day  13. Treatment and Rehabilitation Evaluation and Large Scale Outcomes, James McGuire  14. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, Michael Ferriter  15. Conclusion, Kevin Howells, Kerry Sheldon and Jason Davies