: a guidance book for lawyers, legislators and regulators
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Frans L. Leeuw, Professor of Law, Public Policy and Social Science Research, Maastricht University, Faculty of Law and Director, Security and Justice Research Center (WODC), the Hague, the Netherlands ; with Hans Schmeets, Professor in Social Statistics, Maastricht University and Senior Researcher Statistics, Netherlands, the Netherlands.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Northampton MA, USA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, [2016]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vii, 319 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill.
Dimensions
;25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Index
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Bibliography
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introducing empirical legal research and structure of the book -- Roots of empirical legal research : a concise history in 20 1/4 pages -- Research problems -- Theories and empirical legal research -- Research reviews and syntheses -- Research designs : raisons d'etre, examples and criteria -- Data collection methods -- Analyzing and visualizing quantitative and qualitative data -- Transferring research results to legal professionals, utilization and the fact-value dichotomy -- Empirical legal research : booming business and growth of knowledge?