Qualitative Research in Criminology

<p>This volume introduces innovative and inspired qualitative methods through topics on crime commission, victimisation and crime control. It highlights how qualitative methods offer significant insights that frame our understanding of&nbsp;the&nbsp;narratives, events, theoretical perspectives, and realities of&nbsp;the&nbsp;social world.</p>This book includes chapters discussing cutting-edge methods, which demonstrate how qualitative research can expand beyond traditional approaches. It offers diversity in research, including gender, race, and geographic sensitivities. The volume addresses a multitude of approaches for using&nbsp;qualitative methodologies, including innovative uses of&nbsp; technology mediums—such as social media, participatory videos, Zoom interviewing, and photographic visual methods—as means of&nbsp;collecting and co-producing relevant data on&nbsp;meaning. Ultimately, this book illustrates how qualitative criminology allows for deeper and more nuanced understandings of&nbsp;local and regional specificities in a globalized world, and how social interactions are influenced by&nbsp;individual interpretations, social interactions, and collective decision making.<p>This volume is an essential read for&nbsp;graduate students and researchers in criminology and other social science disciplines interested in qualitative empirical research and informed policy making.<br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><br><p></p>