"Based on Russell K. Schutt's text Investigating the Social World, this Third Edition of The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice is the most comprehensive research methods text available to students in criminal justice and criminology. This text helps teach research design and techniques within the context of substantive criminology and criminal justice issues of interest to students and the field. This is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate students taking a Research Methods course in criminology or criminal justice."--BOOK JACKET.