Handbook of quantitative criminology

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Alex R. Piquero and David Weisburd -- pt. I-A. Descriptive approaches for research and policy : innovative descriptive methods for crime and justice problems -- Crime mapping : spatial and temporal challenges / Jerry Ratcliffe -- Look before you analyze : visualizing data in criminal justce / Michael D. Maltz -- Group-based trajectory modeling : an overview / Daniel S. Nagin -- General growth mixture analysis with antecedents and consequences of change / Hanno Petras and Katheryn Masyn -- Spatial regression models in criminology : modeling social processes in the spatial weights matrix / George E. Tita and Steven M. Radil -- Mixed method research in criminology : why not go both ways? / Shadd Maruna -- pt. I-B. Descriptive approaches for research and policy : new estimation techniques for assessing crime and justice policy -- Estimating the cost of crime / Mark A. Cohen and Roger Bowles -- Estimating treatment effects : matching quantification to the question / Thomas A. Loughran and Edward P. Mulvey -- Meta-analysis / David B. Wilson -- Social network analysis / Jean Marie McGloin and David S. Kirk -- Systematic social observations in criminology / Stephen D. Mastrofski, Roger B. Parks, and John D. McCluskey -- pt. II. New directions in assessing design, measurement and data quality -- Identifying and addressing response errors in self-report surveys / James P. Lynch and Lynn A. Addington -- Missing data problems in criminological research / Robert Brame, Michael G. Turner, and Ray Paternoster -- The life event calendar method in criminological research / Jennifer Roberts and Julie Horney -- Statistical power / Chester L. Britt and David Weisburd -- Descriptive validity and transparent reporting in randomised controlled trials / Amanda E. Perry -- Measurement error in criminal justice data / John Pepper, Carol Petrie, and Sean Sullivan -- Statistical models of life events and criminal behavior / D. Wayne Osgood -- pt. III-A. Estimation of impacts and outcomes of crime and justice : topics in experimental methods -- An introduction to experimental criminology / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Randomized block designs / Barak Ariel and David P. Farrington -- Construct validity : the importance of understanding the nature of the intervention under study / John S. Goldkamp -- Place randomized trials / Robert Boruch, David Weisburd, and Richard Berk -- Longitudinal-experimental studies / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Brandon C. Welsh -- Multisite trials in criminal justice settings : trials and tribulations of field experiments / Faye S. Taxman and Anne Giuranna Rhodes -- pt. III-B. Estimation of impacts and outcomes of crime and justice : innovation in quasi-experimental design -- Propensity score matching in criminology and criminal justice / Robert J. Apel and Gary Sweeten -- Recent perspectives on the regression discontinuity design / Richard Berk -- Testing theories of criminal decision making : some empirical questions about hypothetical scenarios / M. Lynn Exum and Jeffrey A. Bouffard -- Instrumental variables in criminology and criminal justice / Shawn D. Bushway and Robert J. Apel -- pt. III-C. Estimation of impacts and outcomes of crime and justice : non-experimental approaches to explaining crime and justice outcomes -- Multilevel analysis in the study of crime and justice / Brian D. Johnson -- Logistic regression models for categorical outcomes variables / Chester L. Britt and David Weisburd -- Count models in criminology / John M. MacDonald and Pamela K. Lattimore -- Statistical analysis of spatial crime data / Wim Bernasco and Henk Elffers -- An introduction to statistical learning from a regression perspective / Richard Berk -- Estimating effects over time for single and multiple units / Laura Dugan -- Index.