@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation research and criminal justice: beyond a political critique",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology",
year="2005",
author="Travers, Max",
volume="38",
number="1",
pages="39-58",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-8658",
doi="10.1375/acri.38.1.39",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/acri.38.1.39"
}