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Article: Evaluation research and criminal justice: beyond a political critique.(United Kingdom, Australia)
- Article from:
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
- Author:
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This article is intended to stimulate reflection and debate about the relationship between pure and applied research in criminology. The central argument is that evaluation research, which has almost become a dominant paradigm in researching criminal justice, has lower methodological standards than peer-reviewed social science. It considers this case in relation to quantitative and qualitative methods, and examines examples of a 'flagship' and 'small-scale' evaluation. The article concludes by discussing the implications for evaluators (who are encouraged to employ a wider range of methods), funding agencies and criminology as an academic discipline.
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