Partisanship and positionality in qualitative research: exploring the influences of the researcher's experiences of serious crime on the research process

Mendez, Melissa 2023. Partisanship and positionality in qualitative research: exploring the influences of the researcher's experiences of serious crime on the research process. Qualitative Research 23 (1) , pp. 92-107. 10.1177/14687941211016154

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Abstract

Debates on positionality and partisanship in the research process are long-standing, complex and often highly contentious. Engaging with, and contributing to, both these key debates, this paper introduces the concept of victim-as-researcher. This draws from the author’s experiences of undertaking research in Trinidad and Tobago with a group of offenders who had committed similar offences to that which the researcher was herself a victim. There is a paucity of literature which speaks to the experiences of victims of serious, violent crime who subsequently engage in qualitative research with offenders who have been convicted of offences similar to the ones experienced by the researcher and which, therefore, can elicit trauma whilst in the field and through analysis. This paper aims to extend the methodological literature on positionality and victimology by foregrounding the victim-as-researcher as an important category in reflexive sociological and criminological research.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1468-7941
Funders:	Prof Howard Jones Bursary
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 December 2024
Date of Acceptance:	2021
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2024 16:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173857

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