The sociologist as detective : [electronic resource] an introduction to research methods / edited with introd. and exercises by William B. Sanders.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The methods and evidence of detectives and sociologists / W.B. Sanders -- Words and deeds / I. Deutscher -- Sherlock Holmes / M. Truzzi -- Survey of crime victims / W.B. Sanders and B.W. McCarthy -- Drunk court / J. Wiseman -- Role of stigma in the experience of deviance / T. Moriarty -- Invasions of personal space / N.J.F. Russo and R. Sommer -- Detective work / W.B. Sanders and H.C. Daudistel -- Development of a generalization explaining violation of financial trust / D.R. Cressey -- Physical evidence / E.J. Webb ... [et al.] -- A phenomenological study of suicide notes / J. Jacobs -- Pumps andpauses / W.B. Sanders.