Hidden Measurement Crisis in Criminology - Procedural Justice As a Case Study

The purpose of this Element is to unmask the 'hidden' measurement crisis in criminology and provide a case study demonstrating how to build a measure of a prominent criminological construct through modern systematic psychometric methods. The goal is to reveal the nature of the field's measurement crisis and show a strategy for solving it.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The measurement crisis in criminology; 3. The concept of procedural justice; 4. Measuring procedural justice; 5. Adjudication of existing measures; 6. The future of measurement: criminometrics as a research paradigm; References.

Product details

• Authors: Cullen Francis T., Amanda (Texas State University) Cullen Graham, Graham Amanda, Link Bruce G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009558563
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0955856-3
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Elements in Criminology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Psychological testing & measurement, Police law & police procedures, Psychological testing and measurement, Police law and police procedures