Basic Texts
- Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology: A Text and Reader
- Christine Tartaro. New York, Routledge, 2021.
- "Explains and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, causation, operationalization of variables, sampling, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, validity, and reliability." Rutgers-restricted Access
- Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Michael Maxfield and Earl R. Babbie. 8th edition. Boston, Cengage Learning, 2018. Available?
The Literature Review
- Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students
- 9 minute video from the North Carolina State University Libraries.
- Writing the Literature Review: A Practical Guide
- Sara Efrat Efron and Ruth Ravid. New York, Guilford Press, 2019.
- A nice, accessible, step--by-step guide to writing a literature review. Rutgers-restricted Access
Research Methods
- SAGE Research Methods
- Digital library of thousand of books, reference works, journal articles, case studies, datasets, podcasts, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences. Use the "Browse By" pull-down menu to limit your results to resources specifically focusing on/relevant to Criminology and Criminal Justice research.
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
Contact:
185 University Avenue
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies