Reflexivity in Criminological Research [electronic resource] : Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless /
Winter, Aaron.author.
Lumsden, K.editor.
This comprehensive collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of research methods in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which contributors reflect upon their experiences with powerless and powerful individuals or groups.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Reflexivity in Criminological Research; Part I: Research Relationships: Editors' Introduction; 2 Negotiating 'Victim Communities': Reflexivity and Method in Researching High-Profile Crimes; 3 Relationships Between Gatekeepers and Researchers: The Experience of Conducting Evaluations into Parenting Programmes in Community and Penal Settings; 4 The Mango Tree: Exploring the Prison Space for Research; 5 Reflective Friend Research: The Relational Aspects of Social Scientific Research
Part II: Researcher Identities, Subjectivities and Intersectionalities: Gender and Class: Editors' Introduction6 Having the Balls: Reflections on Doing Gendered Research with Football Hooligans; 7 The Interplay Between Power and Reflexivity in Feminist Research on Young Women's Safety; 8 Power, Pregnancy and Prison: The Impact of a Researcher's Pregnancy on Qualitative Interviews with Women Prisoners; 9 Writing the Ethnographic Self in Research on Marginalised Youths and Masculinity
Part III: Researcher Identities, Subjectivities and Intersectionalities: Race and Ethnicity: Editors' Introduction10 From 'Hate Crimes' to Social Harm: Critical Moments and Reflexive Practice; 11 Prison Is My Family Business: Reflections of an African American Woman with Incarcerated Relatives Doing Research on Incarcerated African American Fathers; 12 Accessing the Experiences of Female and Minority Police Officers: Observations from an Ethnographic Researcher; 13 Researching 'Bogus' Asylum Seekers, 'Illegal' Migrants and 'Crimmigrants'
14 Researching 'Hidden Populations': Reflections of a Quantitative Researcher in Understanding 'Established' and 'Immigrant' Groups' Perceptions of Crime and Social (Dis)Order15 'Coming In from the Cold': Constructing Qualitative 'Criminality' in Australia's Penal-Welfare State; Part IV: Risk, Ethics and Researcher Safety: Editors 'Introduction; 16 From Paper Ethics to Real-World Research: Supervising Ethical Reflexivity When Taking Risks in Research with 'the Risky'; 17 Armed Robbery and Ethnographic Connection in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Part V: Power, Partisanship and Bias: Editors 'Introduction18 Politics, Power and Gender: Reflections on Researching Female Policy Elites in Criminal Justice; 19 Overcoming Barriers in the Criminal Justice System: Examining the Value and Challenges of Interviewing Legal Practitioners; 20 Doing Research in Prison: How to Resist Institutional Pressures; 21 'You Are What You Research': Bias and Partisanship in an Ethnography of Boy Racers; Part VI: Reflexivity and Innovation: New Contexts, Challenges and Possibilities: Editors' Introduction
22 Online Gambling, Advantage Play, Reflexivity and Virtual Ethnography
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This comprehensive collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of research methods in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which contributors reflect upon their experiences with powerless and powerful individuals or groups.
Social sciences.
Criminology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Juvenile delinquents.
Sociology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Sociology, general.