The word on the inside: epistemological considerations on women, crime and imprisonment

There is surprisingly very little contemporary debate about ‘methods’ of research within the prison context, with no sound rules or guiding principles about what it takes to work with incarcerated populations nor the risks, to both researchers and prisoners, within these settings. This article will...

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Authors: Artz, Lillian (Author) ; Hoffman-Wanderer, Yonina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Acta criminologica
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-15
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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