Qualitative Approaches to Criminal Justice: Perspectives from the Field

by Mark R. Pogrebin, Mark Prgrebin

Overview

Exploring the real life experiences of criminal justice professionals, this anthology is the first book to focus solely on the use of qualitative research in various components of the criminal justice system. The collection is organized from two criminal justice perspectives: one qualitatively oriented and the other system oriented, including overviews of each qualitative method and commentaries that analyze the research techniques. Case studies illustrating actual fieldwork practices bring theory vividly to life.

Qualitative Approaches to Criminal Justice: Perspectives from the Field is multi-faceted in both its content and application. Through its investigative techniques, which rely mainly on observations, participant observation, and open-ended interviews, qualitative research reveals parts of the social world that remain hidden to more traditional methodological techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761926023
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/05/2002
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.22(w) x 10.34(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mark R. Pogrebin is a Professor and Director of Criminal Justice in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has conducted numerous field studies in the areas of police undercover work, tragic events, Afro-American policewomen, emotion management, women jailers, psychotherapists’ deviant behavior with clients, women in prison and on parole, and the strategic uses of humor among police. He has published three books and numerous journal articles and has had over twenty of his publications reprinted in anthologies. Professor Pogrebin has his M.A. from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. A nationally-recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, Dr. Pogrebin held faculty positions at Florida State University and the University of Iowa prior to joining SPA in 1976. His present interests lie in the areas of criminology and penology, sociology of law and organizations, administration of justice, deviant behavior, and qualitative research methods.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE METHODS
1. In the Field - W. Shaffir & R. Stebbins
2. Participant Observation - Methodology - D. Jorgensen
3. Participant Observation - Fieldwork Relations - R. Emerson & M. Pollner
4. Interviews - J. Spradley
5. Entering the Field - J. Van Maanen
PART II: THE POLICE
6. Socialization - J. Van Maanen
7. Informal Communication - M. Pogrebin & E. Poole
8. Stereotyping Cases - W. Waegel
9. Emotions - B. Stenross & S. Kleinman
10. Undercover Work - M. Pogrebin & E. Poole
11. Community Relationships - R. Weisheit, L.E. Wells, & D. Falcone
12. Police Deviancy - J. Hunt & P. Manning
PART III: JUDICIAL
13. Prosecutorial Decision Making - L. Frohmaan
14. Defense Attorneys and Clients - R. Flemming
15. Social Class Effects on Criminal Clients - D. Emmelman
16. Plea Bargaining - Prosecutorial - M. Heumann
17. Plea Bargaining - Defense Attorney - D. Emmelman
18. Plea Bargaining - Judges' Role - M. Mc Conville & C. Mirsky
19. Stereotyping the Offender - J. Rosencrance
PART IV: CORRECTIONS
20. Guard Research - S. Stojkovic
21. Adjustment to Prison - D. Schmit & R. Jones
22. Changing Climate of Prisons - G. Hunt, S. Morales, & D. Waldorf
23. Women View Prison - M. Pogrebin & M. Dodge
24. Sexualized Work Environment - M. Pogrebin & E. Poole
25. Parole Board - M. Radelet & L. Roberts
26. Inmates' View of Parole Board - M. West-Smith, M. Pogrebin, & E. Poole
PART V: FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ETHICAL DILEMMAS
27. The Moral Fix: On the Ethics of Fieldwork - J. Van Maanen
28. Female Researchers in Male-Dominated Settings - J. Neff Gurney
29. Doing Research in Prisons - J. Marquart
About the Editor
About the Contributors