One of the most important aspects of teaching a statistics course is conveying to students the vital role that research and statistics play in the study of criminology and criminal justice. With Essentials of Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice by Raymond Paternoster and Ronet Bachman, students not only learn how to conduct and interpret statistics, but also why it is important for them to do so and how this knowledge is applied in criminal justice. Essentials of Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice provides the reader with the fundamentals of descriptive and inferential statistics in a concise and accessible format.
Written by two high profile authors in criminology and criminal justice, this text is replete with contemporary examples of interest to students, such as the shootings in South Carolina and the effects of Community Policing. The text takes a practical, applied approach and avoids complicated proofs and discussions of statistical theory by blending the “how to” in statistics with real case studies and examples from the field to show students the relevance of statistics in criminal justice.