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Reflexivity in criminological research: experiences with the powerful and the powerless

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posted on 2016-06-10, 09:28 authored by Karen Lumsden, Aaron Winter
Doing research with criminals or deviants has inspired much academic reflection, particularly in respect of the risks and dangers which researchers may face in these contexts, as well as the ethical, legal and moral dilemmas they provoke. This collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of methods and approaches in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which the authors reflect upon their experiences with both powerless and/or powerful individuals/groups. Reflexivity, and the need to be reflexive, permeates all criminological research and the chapters in this collection cover various aspects of this, including gaining access to the field, building relationships with the researched, the impact of the researcher's identity on the research (including gender, class and race), ethics, risk, bias and partisanship, policy implications, and how to disseminate findings and 'give voice' to the researched. A range of research settings are drawn from including those typically involving the powerful, such as state institutions, courts and prisons, to those typically conceived of as powerless, such as deviant and dangerous individuals as well as subcultures including boy racers and hooligans. Research participants defined as vulnerable, for example victims of crime, are also considered. This comprehensive collection explores a variety of methods including interviews, participant observation, virtual ethnography, feminist research and the use of social media. Acknowledging the fluid nature of power relations and dynamics, this volume will be a valuable resource to scholars of criminology and sociology.

History

School

  • Social Sciences

Department

  • Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies

Pages

24

Citation

LUMSDEN, K. and WINTER, A. (eds.), 2014. Reflexivity in Criminological Research: Reflexivity in criminological research: experiences with the powerful and the powerless. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, XV, 336pp.

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan / © The Authors

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2014

Notes

Closed access. This book was published by Palgrave Macmillan.

ISBN

9781137379399

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

Lumsden, Karen;Winter, Aaron