Legacies of the Lost in Criminology

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4409-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This powerful and reflective book explores the losses encountered during social research—of people, communities and environments—collectively referred to as The Lost. Drawing on the contributors’ varied research experiences, it gives voice to lives marked by marginalisation, trauma or quiet disappearance. Stories emerge from women who didn’t survive domestic abuse to those displaced by ‘natural’ disasters, or affected by homelessness. Through deeply personal and ethical reflections, each chapter considers how these losses shape both research and researcher.

Offering new insights into harm, reflexivity and the emotional toll of fieldwork, this is an essential contribution to critical criminology and social research methodology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayres, Tammy

Briggs, Daniel

Kelly, Craig

Taylor, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Life, Loss and Legacy – Tammy Ayres, Daniel Briggs, Craig Kelly and Stuart Taylor

Part 1: Loss in the Context of Death

2. Fatigue and Fatality: Remembering Roy – Stuart Taylor

3. Paul: A Life Told Backwards – Craig Kelly

4. “The World Is Out to Get Me, Bruv”: Gangs, Street Life, and the Story of How the World ‘Got’ Ben – Daniel Briggs

Part 2: Loss in the Context of Society, Culture and Consumption

5. Losing Yourself, Becoming Another: Loss as a Transient Experience – Ben Colliver

6. Leonard Hockey and the Violent Crusade Against Begging – Vickie Cooper

7. Gambling Addiction, Trauma, and Loss – Thomas Raymen

8. Lost Women and Children: Hearing the Stories of Victims of Domestic Abuse, Including the Ones Who Did Not ‘Survive’ – Mandy Burton

9. Missing and Lost: Missing Children, Social Harm and Structural Violence – Paul Andell

Part 3: Loss in the Context of the Environment

10. Critical Perspectives on the Loss of Nature – Angus Nurse and Elliot Doornbos

11. Climate Change, Environmental Loss and Lost Futures: On the Blurring of Nostalgia, Solastalgia and Anticipatory Solastalgia – Tammy C. Ayres and Avi Brisman

Part 4: Loss in Context of Methods

12. Lost and Found: Immersion, Drift and Crossing the Line in Covert Ethnographic Work – Daniel Briggs

13. Some Reflections on the Ethics of Covert Ethnography Among Hard-to-Reach Populations – Simon Winlow

14. Not a Matter of Life and Death: Getting Lost in Criminological Research – James Treadwell

15. The Lost and the Forgotten: The Lasting Legacies of Research – Tammy C. Ayres

Conclusion

16. Making Sense of Loss – Tammy C. Ayres, Daniel Briggs, Craig Kelly and Stuart Taylor

Über Autor(innen)

Briggs, Daniel
Daniel Briggs is a Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Northumbria University.

Tammy Ayres is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester.

Daniel Briggs is Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Northumbria University.

Stuart Taylor is Staff Tutor of Social Policy and Criminology at The Open University.

Craig Kelly is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University.