The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Criminology

ISBN-13: 9780367581848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 312 str.

Heith Copes;Miller J.

Opis

Despite illustrious origins dating to the 1920s, qualitative crime research has long been overshadowed by quantitative inquiry. After decades of limited use, there has been a notable resurgence in crime ethnography, naturalistic inquiry, and related forms of fieldwork addressing crime and related social control

Spis treści

Preface, Heith Copes and J. Mitchell Miller  Part I. Situating Qualitative Research in Criminology & Criminal Justice  1. The History and Evolution of Qualitative Criminology, J. Mitchell Miller, Heith Copes and Andy Hochstetler  2. Criminology’s Theoretical Incarceration: Qualitative Methods as Liberator, John J. Brent and Peter B. Kraska  3. Feminist and Queer Perspectives on Qualitative Methods, Vanessa Panfil and Jody Miller  4. Ethical Issues in the Qualitative Study of Deviance and Crime, Erich Goode  Part II. Traditional and Unorthodox Qualitative Research Strategies  5. Comparative Historical Analysis in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Mathieu Deflem  6. Life History and Biographies in Criminology, Frank van Gemert  7. Edge Ethnography and Naturalistic Inquiry in Criminology, J. Mitchell Miller and Holly Ventura Miller  8. Visual Criminology: History, Theory and Method, Eamonn Carrabine  Part III. Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Data  9. Sampling Designs and Issues in Qualitative Criminology, Miriam Boeri and Aukje Lamonica  10. Negotiating Identity as a Qualitative Researcher: The Impact of Studying Marginalized Populations in Criminology, Jennifer K. Wesely  11. Interviewing Offenders: The Active vs. Inmate Debate, Heith Copes, Scott Jacques, Andy Hochstetler and Tim Dickenson  12. Qualitative Criminology in Online Spaces, Tom Holt  Part IV. Qualitative Research on Crime and Criminals  13. Researching Drug Crime Using Qualitative Methods, Ralph Weisheit  14. Using Qualitative Methods to Study Sex Crimes, Rick Tewksbury  15. Researching White Collar/Elite Crime Using Qualitative Methods, Michael Levi  16. Researching Homicide Offenders, Offenses and Detectives Using Qualitative Methods, Fiona Brookman  Part V. Qualitative Research on the Justice Systems  17. From the Mouths of Babes: Conducting Qualitative Research with Youths, Rod K. Brunson and Kashea Pegram  18. Researching Police and Policing Using Qualitative Methods, Peter Manning  19. Court Ethnographies, Leslie Paik and Alexes Harris  20. Qualitative Research in Institutional Corrections and Parole, Mark Pogrebin.

O autorze

Heith Copes is a Professor in the Department of Justice Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned his PhD in sociology from the University of Tennessee in 2001. Heith has published over 50 articles and chapters on deviance and crime and, in addition, he has published several books (e.g., Identity Thieves: Motives and Methods) and edited collections (e.g., Voices from the Criminal Justice). His research emphasis is on understanding the ways that deviants and offenders make sense of their actions.

J. Mitchell Miller is a Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of North Florida and a Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He specializes in qualitative research methods, drug crime, and criminological theory and has conducted mixed methods program evaluation for various criminal justice system agencies including the NIJ, OJJDP, BJA, BJS, and the US State Department. He served as lead evaluator of the Moscow Police Command College and is a past president of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, former Editor of Journal of Crime & Justice and Journal of Criminal Justice Education, and an Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow.