Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice 4th edition by Gau

Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th edition by Gau, published by Sage, introduces statistical tools through examples relevant to crime, policing, courts, corrections, and policy evaluation. Written for students who may be new to quantitative analysis, the text explains how to summarize data, understand variation, test hypotheses, and interpret relationships. Coverage typically includes measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability, sampling, confidence intervals, t tests, chi-square, correlation, and regression. Gau emphasizes clear interpretation and real-world application, helping criminal justice and criminology students use statistics to evaluate evidence and support informed decisions.