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Record Nr.

UNINA9910631090103321

Titolo

Qualitative research in criminology : cutting-edge methods / / editors : Rita Faria, Mary Dodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-18401-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

364.072

Soggetti

Criminology - Research - Methodology

Qualitative research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Part I: Adapting to a New World -- Overview -- References -- Chapter 1: Photo-Based Research with Vulnerable Groups: Breaking Frames for Researchers, Participants, and Audiences -- Photo-Based Research with Vulnerable Groups: Breaking Frames for Researchers, Participants, and Audiences -- Using Photography in Research -- Contextualizing Breaking Frames Through Photo-Based Research -- Breaking Frames and Shaping Narratives -- Researcher Frame Breaks -- Participant Frame Breaks -- Audience Frame Breaks -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Breaking the Shackles of Academic Capitalism: Academic Life, Liberation and Ethnographic Innovation -- Gap in the Market -- Our Current Context: Academic Capitalism -- More Gaps in the Market -- Breaking the Shackles from the Spanish Inquisition…I Mean the Spanish Institution -- Freedom and Ethnographic Innovation -- In the City Shadows: Drug Addiction and Violence -- Between the Nooks and Crannies of Western Democracy: The Plight of Europe's Swelling Refugee Population -- Cultural Underbelly: Working in a Luxury Brothel -- Discussion. Broken Shackles and Ethnographic Freedom -- References -- Chapter 3: Mixed Methods: A Justification, Explication, and Example -- Why Use Mixed Methods? -- A Concurrent Nested Design Example -- An Unexpected Disruption: The Global COVID-19 Pandemic -- Discussion -- References -- Part II: The Growing



Relevance of the Online World -- Overview -- Chapter 4: Smart Researching in Criminology: Virtual Ethnography at the Edge -- Introduction -- The Criminological Relevance of Social Media in Virtual Ethnography -- Some Notes on Researching Deviance Online -- Criminological Verstehen Within Italian Trap Culture -- Interacting Through Instagram -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 5: Researching Political Corruption and White-Collar Crime on the Internet -- Researching on the Internet -- Medical Fraud -- Political Corruption -- Financial Fraud: The Savings and Loan Crisis -- Corruption and White-Collar Crime in China -- White-Collar Delinquency -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Online Methods in Qualitative Criminology -- Introduction -- Phenomenon and Method -- Online as a Phenomenon -- Online as a Method -- Using Qualitative Online Methods in Criminology -- Online Interview (Synchronous and Asynchronous) -- Online Focus Group -- Online Questionnaires and Surveys -- Online Participant Observation and Ethnography -- Mobile and App-Based Methods -- Video, Photo or Audio Elicitation and Diaries -- Advantages for Criminologists in the Use of Online Methods -- Asynchronous Possibilities -- Recruitment, Costs and Logistics -- Accessibility -- Disadvantages for Criminologists in the Use of Online Methods -- Ethics and Consent -- Transferability -- Methodological and Technical Challenges -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Part III: Methodological Innovations -- Overview -- References -- Chapter 7: Trigger Warnings, Feeling Rules and Other Lessons from the Inside: The Emotional Labour of Qualitative Prison Research -- Introduction -- Convict Criminology and the Value of Inclusive Prison Research -- The Emotional Labour of Qualitative Prison Studies -- Reflexive Account of Working on 'Feeling the Carceral' -- Strategies of Coping with the Emotions of Doing Critical Prison Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Sensory "Heteroglossia" and Social Control: Sensory Methodology and Method -- Introduction -- Ontological Questioning -- Epistemological Grounding -- Methodological Inquiry -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Towards Visual and Sensory Methodologies in Green Cultural Criminology.

Introduction -- A Visual and Sensory Approach for Green (Cultural) Criminology -- Interviews-with-Visual-Materials -- Beyond the Visual: A Sensory Criminology? -- Itinerant Soliloquies as a Sensory Methodology -- Understanding Communities and Cultures That Base Their Relationship with Nature on Sensory Experiences -- 'Ways of Sensing' : Sensory Methods and Indigenous Cultures -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: The Connecting Power of Languages -- Overview -- References -- Chapter 10: How to Deal with "Doing Social Inequality" by "Doing Criminological (Qualitative) Research" -- Introduction -- Introducing the Concepts of Social Inequality, Doing Social Problems, and Reconstructive Sociology -- Social Inequality -- Doing Social Problems -- The Sociology of Knowledge -- Reconstructive Sociology -- How Specific Criminological Knowledge Is Produced -- Conclusion: The Need to Strive for a Sensitive Approach - And Work on Our Limitations -- References -- Chapter 11: Shooting Poachers on Site: Reflections on the Use of Photography in Active Offender Research -- Introduction -- Context: Researching Illegal Hunting in Uganda -- Using Photography in Active-Offender Research -- Our Uses of Photography -- Example 1: The King's Palace and the Trappings of Royalty -- Example 2: Growing Up in a Hunting Culture -- Example 3: Social Dynamics -- Ethical Reflections on Using Photography in Active Offender Research -- Developing an Ethical Framework for Managing the Risk of 'Group Harm' -- Conclusions --



References -- Chapter 12: Language Matters: Doing Systematic (Critical) Discourse Analysis -- Introduction -- Criminology's Murky Relationship with (Critical) Discourse Analysis -- Systematic, Rigorous, and Credible Analysis -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Part V: Praxis: Pondering and Publishing -- Overview -- References.

Chapter 13: The Future Is Already Here: Covid-19, Criminology, and Crime -- Introduction: The Game Changer -- Lockdown and the Ideological Merger of All Social Institutions -- New Hope or Old Futures in Disguise? -- Ripped, Torn, Then Shredded: Tensions in the 'New Normal' -- Taboo Topics: Spiralling Inequality, Social Harm, and the Resulting Parallel Collateral Damage -- Social Science Judgement Day -- References -- Chapter 14: "Being" Ethical in Research -- Ethics: Is It Worth Reading About It - Again? -- Cutting-Edge Methods and Ethical Dilemmas -- "Being" Ethical in Criminological Research -- Ethical Considerations in Contemporary Crises -- References -- Chapter 15: What Now and How? Publishing the Qualitative Journal Article -- Tips for the Tenacious Researcher -- Information That Seems Inconsequential Is Imperative -- Conclusion: Revisions and Rejections -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume introduces innovative and inspired qualitative methods through topics on crime commission, victimisation and crime control. It highlights how qualitative methods offer significant insights that frame our understanding of the narratives, events, theoretical perspectives, and realities of the social world. This book includes chapters discussing cutting-edge methods, which demonstrate how qualitative research can expand beyond traditional approaches. It offers diversity in research, including gender, race, and geographic sensitivities. The volume addresses a multitude of approaches for using qualitative methodologies, including innovative uses of technology mediumssuch as social media, participatory videos, Zoom interviewing, and photographic visual methodsas means of collecting and co-producing relevant data on meaning. Ultimately, this book illustrates how qualitative criminology allows for deeper and more nuanced understandings of local and regional specificities in a globalized world, and how social interactions are influenced by individual interpretations, social interactions, and collective decision making. This volume is an essential read for graduate students and researchers in criminology and other social science disciplines interested in qualitative empirical research and informed policy making.