Advancing Qualitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Copes, Heith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For several decades qualitative research has been under-represented in criminological and criminal justice research. This book is designed to promote the understanding of qualitative research designs and to encourage their use among those seeking answers to questions about crime and justice. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317995067
• Artikelnr.: 58397827

Autorenporträt

Heith Copes is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. His research interests include criminal decision-making as it relates to various types of illegal behavior including drug distribution, automobile theft and identity theft. His research has been published in a variety of journals, including Social Problems, the British Journal of Criminology, Deviant Behavior and Justice Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Advancing Qualitative Methods in Criminal Justice and
Criminology Heith Copes 1. The Prominence of Qualitative Research in
Criminology and Criminal Justice Scholarship Richard Tewksbury, Dean Dabney
and Heith Copes 2. Moving Beyond Our Methodological Default: A Case for
Mixed Methods John J. Brent and Peter Kraska 3. Collecting and Analyzing
the Stories of Offenders Lois Presser 4. What can 'lies' tell us about
life? Notes towards a framework of narrative criminology Sveinung Sandberg
5. Finding Offenders: Exploring the Active versus Incarcerated Debate
Heith Copes, Andy Hochstetler, Scott Jacques and Volkan Topalli 6.
Exploring Strategies for Qualitative Criminological and Criminal Justice
Inquiry Using On-line Data Thomas J. Holt 7. The Case for Edge Ethnography
J. Mitchell Miller and Richard Tewksbury 8. Dangerous Intimacy: Toward a
Theory of Violent Victimization in Active Offender Research Scott Jacques
and Richard Wright 9. In the Classroom and on the Streets: How to Teach
Qualitative Field Research to Criminology/Criminal Justice Graduate
Students Robert G. Morris and James W. Marquart 10. On the Way to the
Field: Reflections of One Qualitative Criminal Justice Professor's
Experiences Mark Pogrebin