Research Methods III:
Qualitative Research
Methods in Criminology
Crim
862 - Spring 2011
[Last updated 18 April 2011]
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Some
examples of research by Crim 862 students of years
past (made available to new students by permission of the respective authors):
* Sarah Rizun’s content analytic study of the portrayal of female
offenders in CSI: Miami
* Teresa Milne’s
interview-based study regarding the delivery of forensic mental health services
in northern BC
* Melanie Marchand's participant observation in a casino
regarding player perceptions of luck
* Kristen Howard's thematic analysis of "the
ideal fighter" in The Ultimate Fighter reality TV show
* Erin Denton's archival study of
diaries of Auschwitz survivors
* David Bowman's ethnographic study of SFU's World
Championship Pipe Band
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12
January |
Organizational
issues; Reading list * Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary [Film to be shown in class] |
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19
January |
Getting Started * Read Chapter 1 (Introduction) from the Berg text * Read Chapter 2 (Designing Qualitative Research)
from the Berg text * Read Becker (1993): How I learned
what a 'crock' was * Read Palys (1989): Addressing the "Third
Criterion" |
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26
January |
Gatekeepers,
Sampling *
Presentation (by Joanna) of Broadhead & Rist’s (1976) Gatekeepers and the social control
of social research * Police warn
criminologist to watch his words *
Read Palys’s (2008) Purposive
sampling. *
Presentation (by Richelle) of Becker's (1998) Sampling chapter from Tricks
of the Trade * Presentation (by Yana) of Stake's (2003) Case studies |
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02
February |
Principles
of Research Ethics *
Read Chapter 3 (Ethical Issues) from the Berg text *
Presentation (by Ted) of Palys & Lowman's (2000) Ethical and Legal Strategies for Protecting
Confidential Research Information * Presentation (by Julianna) of Fine et al's
(2003) For whom? Qualitative research, representations, and social
responsibilities * Read Chapter 10: Qualitative Research Methods from Tri-Council Policy Statement 2.0 (2010) |
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09
February |
Introduction
to NVivo: Two sessions commencing at 9:30 and 11:00 * Check out the “Understanding NVivo” promo QSR International has posted on Youtube |
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16
February |
No
class because of SFU reading week |
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23
February |
Regulating
Ethics & the Sociology of Knowledge *
Presentation (by Ted) of SSHWC's Giving Voice to the Spectrum *
Presentation (by Elysha) of Adler & Adler's
(2002) Do university
lawyers and the police define research values? and Lowman & Palys's
(1999) related interchange with ASA: Confidentiality
and the 1997 ASA Code of Ethics: A Query * Presentation (by Sam) of Bernhard & Young’s (2009) Gaining Institutional Permission |
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02
March |
Interviews
and Oral History *
Read Chapter 4 (A Dramaturgical Look
at Interviewing) and Chapter 5 (Focus
Group Interviewing) from the Berg text *
Presentation (by Taylor) of Troshynski &
Blank’s (2008) Sex
trafficking: Interviewing Traffickers *
Presentation (by Richard) of Reinharz's (1992) Feminist Oral History Methods
* Presentation (by Tania) of Borland’s (1991) That’s Not What I Said: Interpretive
Conflict in Oral Narrative Research |
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09
March |
Seminar/Lab
Session to be held in the Computing Room next to our usual class *
Presentation (by Masha) of Siegel’s (2008) Conversations with
Russian Mafiosi Qualitative
Methods and the Digital Revolution *
Presentation (by Raven) of Atchison's (1999) Navigating
the Virtual Minefield *
Presentation (by Becky) of Palys & Atchison’s (2009) Qualitative
Research at the Gates of the Digital Age |
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16
March |
Ethnography
and Autoethnography *
Read Chapters 6 (Ethnographic Field
Strategies) and Chapter 8 (Unobtrusive
Measures) in the Berg text *
Presentation (by Nick) of Becker's (1953) Becoming a Marihuana User *
Presentation (by Tamera) of Wall’s (2008) Easier
Said Than Done: Writing an Autoethnography * Presentation (by Amélie) of MacMartin’s (2004)
Judicial constructions of the
Seriousness of Child Sexual Abuse * Presentation (by Ehsan) of Palys’s (2003) Images of Aboriginal Peoples in
Film, Policy and Research |
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23
March |
(Participatory)
Action Research *
Read Chapter 7 (Action Research)
in the Berg text * Presentation (by Josh) of Fine et al’s (2003) Participatory Action Research:
Within and Behind Bars *
Presentation (by Krynn) of Margolis’s
(1994) Video Ethnography: A
Reflexive Paradign for Documentary |
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30
March |
Making
Sense of It All *
Read Chapter 12 (Writing Research
Papers) in the Berg text *
Presentation (by Kim) of Becker’s (1999) Concepts
from Tricks of the Trade *
Read Lofland et al’s
(2006) Developing Analysis
from Analyzing Social Settings |
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April |
Other
course-related resources
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