Offenders on Offending Learning About Crime From Criminals

0351094 - PSÚ 2011 RIV US eng M - Monography Chapter
Polišenská, Veronika
Interviewing offenders in a penitentiary environment and the use of mental maps during interviews.
Offenders on Offending Learning About Crime From Criminals. Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing, 2010 - (Bernasco, W.), s. 273-289. ISBN 9781843927778
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70250504
Keywords : offenders * offender-based research * methodology
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology

Offenders on offending provides a comprehensice overview od the challenges and possible solutions to the problems posed by offender-based research. The book focuses strongly on issues of methodology and what we can do to maximise the validity of what offenders tell us about their offending. The chapter itself discusses the dynamics of conducting interviews in a penitentiary environment with issues such as conditions of the research, motivation of offenders, and validation of data.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0190919