Session: Tuesday 8th July PM (16.00 - 17.30)

Title: Resolving Methodological Challenges in Criminal Justice Research

Convenor:

Dr Ian Brunton-Smith (University of Surrey)

Abstract Details

This session addresses the methodological challenges relating to gathering data and making inferences about various populations within the field of Criminology. Specifically, it will cover the challenges involved when (a) working with official data; (b) understanding young offenders' influence on parents; (c) investigating hard to reach communities who are victims of hate crime, and (d) tracking prisoners through their sentences.

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Presenter: Jon Garland

Researching Hate Crime: Methodological Challenges with

Presenter: Daniel McCarthy

Parents of Young Offenders as Blameworthy Victims? Methodological Challenges and Solutions

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Presentation details

Presentation 1

Start time: 16:00

Presentation title:Working with official data: the challenge of critique

Author: Dr Mike McGuire (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey)

Presentation 2

Start time: 16:20

Presentation title:Parents of young offenders as blameworthy victims? Methodological challenges and solutions

Author: Dr Daniel McCarthy (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey)

Presentation 3

Start time: 16:40

Presentation title:Researching hate crime: methodological challenges with investigating ‘hard to reach’ communities

Author: Mr Jon Garland (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey)

Presentation 4

Start time: 17:05

Presentation title:Following prisoners through their sentence: using data to adjust for attrition in a longitudinal survey

Author: Dr Ian Brunton-Smith (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey)