Introduction
PART I: THE PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH
1. Research as an Integrated Process
2. Connecting Research and Theory: Influences on Criminological Research
3. Crime Research and Criminological Theory
PART II: THE PRACTICALITIES OF RESEARCH
4. Using Other People's Data: the Analysis of Official and Secondary Data
5. Asking Questions about Crime: Questionnaires and Surveys
6. Talking to People about Crime: Interviews and Focus Groups
7. Watching Crime and Crime Control: Ethnographic and Observational Research
8. Using Documents: Content, Conversation and Discourse Analysis
9. Mixed Methods and Triangulation
Conclusion
Appendix 1: An Internet Guide for Criminology Students
Appendix 2: Interview Schedule for 'A study of the opportunities and barriers facing BME police officers'
Appendix 3: Interview Schedule for 'An assessment of student attitudes to the death penalty'
Glossary
References.