Delinquency Research: An Appraisal of Analytic Methods - Softcover

Hirschi, Travis; Selvin, Hanan C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560008431 ISBN 13: 9781560008439

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

This remarkable guide to delinquency studies was co-winner of the 1968 C. Wright Mills Award for the best book in the field of social problems. The work is in effect three books in one: a forthright account of how to analyze survey data, a penetrating critique of delinquency research, and a set of original essays on methodology. It is a landmark work that continues to serve as an essential tool for those who both study and want to learn about deviance.

In the new introduction, Travis Hirschi describes the setting in which Delinquency Research was written, noting that it exudes a confident optimism that well-conducted research and analysis will quickly lead to important advances in the field. Hirschi maintains that twenty-eight years after Delinquency Research was first published the validity of its optimistic view has been confirmed by the fact that the field of criminology is among the leading producers of high quality research. As a result, we know more about crime and delinquency than ever before. Delinquency Research forms the basis for present and future studies of criminology and is a necessary addition to the libraries of sociologists, criminologists, scholars in the area of delinquency, and students interested in research methods.

About this title

About the Author:

The Late Hanan C. Selvin is the author of The Effects of Leadership. He was professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Travis Hirschi is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Arizona. He is past president of the American Society of Criminology and winner of its Edwin H. Sutherland Award. His works include Delinquency Research, Causes of Delinquency, and Generality of Deviance.

 

Travis Hirschi is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Arizona. He is past president of the American Society of Criminology and winner of its Edwin H. Sutherland Award. His works include Delinquency Research, Causes of Delinquency, and Generality of Deviance.

 

Review:

“An important work in methodology... Social scientists, regardless of their metaphysical convictions or substantive specializations, will find time spent with this book a profitable investment.”

— American Sociological Review

“For those engaged in digesting existing research literature or for those setting out to add onto that body of research, the book is essential... contains many valuable guidelines for analysis.”

— The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science

“This book has crucial lessons to teach the researcher about what the answers he obtains really mean.”

—S. Cohen, The British Journal of Sociology

“Recommended as required reading in any course in research methods in sociology that considers quantitative data... ably fills in the gab between statistics and research methods.”

— Social Forces

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1560008431
• ISBN 13: 9781560008439
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312