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dc.contributor.authorHomel, Ross
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:37:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:37:31Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.date.modified2010-07-26T06:51:01Z
dc.identifier.issn07484518
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF02354421
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27131
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews quantitative criminological research, especially of a sophisticated mathematical nature, published by researchers in Australia and New Zealand since 1981. A statistical analysis of quantitative articles published between 1981 and 1995 in the leading academic journal.The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, showed that using the five topical categories developed by Farrington (this issue), there has been little change in the types of research carried out, with studies of court processes and correctional issues accounting for two-thirds of papers. The numbers of "simple" and "sophisticated" quantitative articles as proportions of the total published also did not vary over the 15 years. Areas of strength in quantitative research include drugs, alcohol, and crime; indigenous peoples and the criminal justice system; regulatory law enforcement; the modeling of recidivism; and sentencing. Most sophisticated quantitative research is carried out by noncriminologists, and it appears unlikely that the amount of mathematically sophisticated research will increase significantly in the next few years. Experimental studies and longitudinal designs will probably slowly grow in popularity, and crime prevention will emerge as an area of quantitative strength.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom297
dc.relation.ispartofpageto314
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Quantitative Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilt Environment and Design
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode12
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602
dc.titleA Brief Overview of Quantitative Criminology in Australia, 1980-1996
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.date.issued1996
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHomel, Ross J.


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