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Doing Prison Research

Views From Inside

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ID2385008
AuthorsMary Bosworth (0000-0002-7750-5109, Wesleyan University), Debi Campbell, Bonita Demby, Seth M Ferranti, Seth Ferranti, Michael Santos, Michael G Santos
Year2005
Volume11
Issue2
Pages249-264
Publication date2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800404273410
OpenAlexW2115334688
LanguageEN
Citations received77
References cited14

This article is coauthored by four prisoners and a prison-researcher. In it, the authors discuss the differing aims and aspirations of research participants and scholars and their implications for doing prison research. Unlike most other accounts of prison research, the authors stress the experience of those being interviewed rather than that of the interviewer. The authors pay particular attention to the emotional nature of being part of a study and how a researcher gains participants' trust. The authors also consider the utility of academic research and how inmate voices might be effectively harnessed to build a sustained critique of the U.S. prison system

Criminology · Interview · Prison · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works77
Citations per year4,05
Citation span2007 - 2026 (20)
Citation velocitycurrent
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