The Oxford handbook of ethnographies of crime and criminal justice /
"Despite ethnography's long and distinguished history in the social sciences, its use in criminology is still relatively rare. Over the years, however, ethnographers in the United States and abroad have amassed an impressive body of work on core criminological topics and groups, including...
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY, United States of America : |
Publication Dates: | [2022] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice. Oxford handbooks. |
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"Despite ethnography's long and distinguished history in the social sciences, its use in criminology is still relatively rare. Over the years, however, ethnographers in the United States and abroad have amassed an impressive body of work on core criminological topics and groups, including gang members, sex workers, drug dealers, and drug users. Ethnographies on criminal justice institutions have also flourished, with studies on police, courts, and prisons providing deep insights into how these organizations operate and shape the lives of people who encounter them. The Oxford Handbook of Ethnographies of Crime and Criminal Justice provides critical and current reviews of key research topics, issues, and debates that crime ethnographers have been grappling with for over a century. This volume brings together an outstanding group of ethnographers to discuss various research traditions, the ethical and pragmatic challenges associated with conducting crime-related fieldwork, relevant policy recommendations for practitioners in the field, and areas of future research for crime ethnographers. In addition to exhaustive overview essays, the handbook also presents case studies that serve as exemplars for how ethnographic inquiry can contribute to our understanding of crime and criminal justice-related topics."--Front jacket flap. |
Carrier Form: | xii, 638 pages : illustration ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780190904500 019090450X |
Index Number: | HV6035 |
CLC: | D917.3-62 |
Call Number: | D917.3-62/O984 |
Contents: |
The History of (Crime) Ethnography / Cultural Criminology and Ethnography / Studying the Gang Through Critical Ethnography / Narrative Criminology and Ethnography / Queer Criminology and Ethnography / Feminist Ethnographies on Crime and Deviance / A Tour of Gang Ethnographies / Entering the Street Field: A Case Study on Gangs / Ethnographies of Organized Crime / Drug Users / Drug Users: A Case Study / Uneasy Relations: Crime Ethnographies and Research Ethics / Nightlife Ethnography: A Phenomenological Approach / Ethnographies of Drug Dealers / Ethnographies of Terrorism and Terrorists / The Police / Police Labor and Exploitation: Case study of North India / Court Ethnography / The Rise, the Fall, and the Reinvention of the Prison Ethnography / Ethnographic Reflections on Event-Time in Jail / Ethnographies on Prisoner Reentry / Pragmatics of Crime Ethnographies / Introduction: The Promises and Challenges of Crime Ethnographies / Ethnography and Criminal Cultures / Politics, Policy, and Crime Ethnography / Mixed Methods, Ethnography, and Criminology/Criminal Justice Research / Team Ethnographies in Studying Crime and Criminal Justice / Global Crime Ethnographies: Three Suggestions for a Criminology That Truly Travels / "Tell mom I said hi": Confronting Positionality in Fieldwork / |