RT Article
T1 Doing Qualitative Research in a Controlled Site: Challenges, Lessons, and Strategies
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 8
SP 1921
OP 1942
A1 Baffour, Frank Darkwa
A1 Francis, Abraham P.
A1 Chong, Mark David
A1 Harris, Nonie
A2 Francis, Abraham P.
A2 Chong, Mark David
A2 Harris, Nonie
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1891320955
AB This paper reflects on the process of undertaking qualitative research with incarcerated individuals and prison staff in selected Ghana prisons. The challenges encountered during the planning, approval, and fieldwork stages, as well as measures adopted to address these challenges, have been discussed. The paper aims to serve as a guide to novel prison researchers in the sub-Saharan African context, given that the majority of studies on challenges and approaches to conducting prison research have come from jurisdictions outside the region. To this end, given the unique nature of the prison governance system in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African countries, this paper contributes to filling a knowledge gap in qualitative prison research.
K1 Qualitative Research
K1 Southern Criminology
K1 Africa
K1 Decolonization
K1 Prison Research
DO 10.1177/00111287221106944