Researching Violence: Methodology and Measurement

by Stanko; Elizabeth A

• ISBN13: 9780415301329
• ISBN10: 0415301327
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-12-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book offers a practical guide on how to research violence. Using reflections from researchers who have worked on diverse projects, this book also investigates the ethical and emotional issues arising from working with the victims and perpetrators of violence. This book will be indispensable for students and academics doing research projects on violence.

Table of Contents

Figures and tables	vii
Contributors	viii
Introduction: methodological reflections	1	(12)
Elizabeth A. Stanko
Raymond M. Lee
PART I Documenting violence: counting and accounting for violence	13	(54)
Researching violence in the past: quantifiable and qualitative evidence	15	(15)
John E. Archer
Putting the Conflict Tactics Scale in context in violence from parent to child	30	(19)
Susan Creighton
Deborah Ghate
Neal Hazel
Julia Field
Steven Finch
Researching homicide: methodological issues in the exploration of lethal violence	49	(18)
Ruth Lewis
R. Emerson Dobash
Russell P. Dobash
Kate Cavanagh
PART II Enhancing data on violence	67	(88)
Tracking the pathways to violence in prison	69	(19)
Kimmett Edgar
Ian O'Donnell
Carol Martin
Dilemmas of control: methodological implications and reflections of foregrounding children's perspectives on violence	88	(19)
Christine Barter
Emma Renold
Safety talk, violence and laughter: methodological reflections on focus groups in violence research	107	(19)
Leslie J. Moran
Beverley Skeggs
Paul Tyrer
Karen Corteen
Researching violence: power, social relations and the virtues of the experimental method	126	(11)
Mark Levine
The rising tide of female violence? Researching girls' own understandings and experiences of violent behaviour	137	(18)
E. Kay M. Tisdall
PART III The impact of institutional contexts for the study of violence	155	(77)
Fear of reprisal: researching intra-communal violence in Northern Ireland and South Africa	157	(20)
Colin Knox
Rachel Monaghan
Veiling violence: the impacts of professional and personal identities on the disclosure of work-related violence	177	(15)
Maria O'Beirne
David Denney
Jonathan Gabe
Mary Ann Elston
Raymond M. Lee
Researching domestic violence in a maternity setting: problems and pitfalls	192	(25)
Loraine Bacchus
Gill Mezey
Susan Bewley
Racist violence from a probation service perspective: now you see it, now you don't	217	(15)
Larry Ray
David Smith
Liz Wastell
Index	232