Overcoming the challenges of researching ‘young offenders’
Using assisted questionnaires – a research note
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12595352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Holt (0000-0002-9687-7717, University of Portsmouth, corresponding author), Nicholas Pamment (0000-0003-4224-8955, University of Portsmouth) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 125-133 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Research Methodology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-5579 • E-ISSN: 1464-5300 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13645579.2010.507366 |
| OpenAlex | W2132203101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 28 |
This short research note discusses some of the challenges involved when undertaking qualitative research with ‘young offenders’, a neglected area within the methodological literature. By drawing on previous research with ‘young offenders’, the author discusses how the use of traditional face‐to‐face interviews produced a number of research challenges which are specific to the psychosocial, biographical and institutional contexts of this particular population. In attempting to overcome some of these challenges in her current research, the author developed a specific research tool – the assisted questionnaire (AQ) – and the remainder of this article describes how its use with ‘young offenders’ helped to overcome some of the methodological challenges which had earlier been identified
Criminology · Face (sociological concept · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Qualitative research · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Survey research with preliterate adult populations in post conflict situations using researcher-assisted self-completion questionnaires
Personal construct psychology methods for qualitative research
Positioning and subjectivation in research interviews
Citizenship, Marginalisation and Youth Offending
Research on the 'Inside
Researching with Children and Young People
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Inside Interviewing
Researching Young People's Lives
The magical number seven, plus or minus two
Deaf Children and Young People’s Experiences of Using Specialist Mental Health Services
Oral Language Competence, Social Skills and High‐risk Boys
Researching Gender Violence
Doing Research with Young People
No limits‚
Family Group Conferences—are they an effective and viable way of working with attendance and behaviour problems in schools
To Serve and Protect
Mixed Methods Research
Using the telephone for narrative interviewing
Doing Prison Research
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |