Seminar 1 (Mon, Oct-13): Introduction to Theory-Guided Criminological Research (slides on Moodle)
- Tittle, C. R. (2015). Introduction: Theory and contemporary criminology. The Handbook of Criminological Theory. Wiley Blackwell, 1–17.
- Download from Moodle
- Bottoms (2008) ‘The relationship between theory and research in criminology’ in R. King and E. Wincup (eds), Doing Research on Crime and Justice, Oxford: OUP, Chapter 3. pp. 75–116.
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Seminar 2 (Tue, Oct-14): Developing and applying research questions and studying the causes of crime
- Huntington-Klein, N. (2022) The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality, New York, NY: Chapman and Hall/CRC Press.
- Read pp. xix–18: (1) Introduction, (2) Chapter 1: Designing Research, and (3) Chapter 2: Research Questions
- Bueno de Mesquita, E. and Fowler, A. (2021) Thinking Clearly with Data: A Guide to Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Read pp. 1–52: (1) Chapter 1: Thinking Clearly in a Data-Driven Age, (2) Chapter 2: Correlation: What Is It and What Is It Good For?, and (3) Causation: What Is It and What Is It Good For?
- Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (pp. 163–194). Sage. Download off Moodle
Seminar 3 (Thu, Oct-15): Key challenges in criminological theory and research
- Bernard, T.J. (1990) ‘Twenty years of testing theories: what have we learned and why?’, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 27(4): 325–347.
- Wikstrom, P-O H. (2017) ‘Character, circumstances, and the causes of crime: Towards an analytical criminology’ In A. Liebling, S. Maruna and L. McAra (eds) Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 6th edition. Oxford University Press. Pg 501-521
- Search for the title in Law Trove
- For workshop 1:
- Pratt, T. C. (2015). Theory testing in criminology. The Handbook of Criminological Theory. Wiley Blackwell, 37-49.