Researching violence : essays on methodology and measurement / / edited by Raymond M. Lee and Elizabeth A. Stanko

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786532103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-317-83485-2; 0-415-30132-7; 1-315-82443-4; 1-317-83486-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (504 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LeeRaymond M. <1946->; StankoElizabeth Anne <1950->
• Disciplina: 303.6072
• Soggetti: Violence - Research - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Introduction: methodological reflections; Part I: Documenting violence: counting and accounting for violence; 1. Researching violence in the past: quantifiable and qualitative evidence; 2. Putting the Conflict Tactics Scale in context in violence from parent to child; 3. Researching homicide: methodological issues in the exploration of lethal violence; Part II: Enhancing data on violence; 4. Tracking the pathways to violence in prison; 5. Dilemmas of control: methodological implications and reflections of foregrounding children's perspectives on violence6. Safety talk, violence and laughter: methodological reflections on focus groups in violence research; 7. Researching violence: power, social relations and the virtues of the experimental method; 8. The rising tide of female violence? Researching girls' own understandings and experiences of violent behaviour; Part III: The impact of institutional contexts for the study of violence; 9. Fear of reprisal: researching intra-communal violence in Northern Ireland and South Africa; 10. Veiling violence: the impacts of professional and personal identities on the disclosure of work-related violence11. Researching domestic ; violence in a maternity setting: problems and pitfalls; 12. Racist violence from a probation service perspective: now you see it, now you don't; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Violence is a research topic that is fraught with difficulties. A notoriously sensitive subject, and one that is presumed to be largely hidden, researchers have long struggled with the question of how to measure its impact and how to explore its incidence. Arising from the ESRC's Violence Research Programme, Researching Violence is a practical guide both to theses problems and to the obstacles encountered when negotiating this uneasy terrain. Comprising the reflections of researchers who have worked on diverse projects - from violence in the home to racial violence and homicide - this