Abstract
The discipline of criminology can and often does involve doing research for the powerful, those social control agents and organisations responsible for the creation and maintenance of definitions, labels and boundaries of crime and markers of criminality.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Reflexivity in Criminological Research |
Subtitle of host publication | Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless |
Editors | Karen Lumsden, Aaron Winter |
Place of Publication | Basingstoke |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 1-19 |
Number of pages | 19 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-137-37940-5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-137-37939-9 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- criminology
- crime
- reflexivity
- qualitative
- research methods
- social research