Qualitative Meta-synthesis to Study Crime, Deviance, and Victimization

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-43201-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Qualitative meta-synthesis (QMS) represents a growing approach to reviewing qualitative literature, organizing findings, and developing theoretical approaches for new research. This edited collection showcases the method through diverse applications in criminology to understand deviance, crime, and victimization, addressing topics including Asian gangs in the United States, honour-based violence in Scandinavia, intimate partner violence neutralization, human trafficking in Southeast Asian scam compounds, barriers to criminal justice engagement for people with intellectual disabilities, police deviance, and sexual harassment in retail workplaces, among others. The chapters in this collection provide insights into their substantive areas as well as provide diverse illustrative examples of best practices when conducting a QMS.

This book will appeal to postgraduate students, academic researchers, qualitative methodologists, and criminal justice professionals seeking rigorous qualitative synthesis methods and diverse applications in criminology. The articles in this book were previously published in the journal Deviant Behavior.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Copes, Heith

Hochstetler, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Qualitative Meta-Synthesis and the Study of Crime and Deviance: A Brief Introduction 2. Asian Gangs in the United States: A Meta Synthesis 3. Understanding “Honor-Based Violence” In Scandinavia: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Honor-Based Violence Conceptualizations in Research Studies 4. Neutralization of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis 5. Exploring a Decade of Microdosing Research: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis of Microdosing Literature 6. What Do We Know About Human Trafficking and Scam Compounds in Southeast Asia (2020–2025)? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Coercive Deviant Enterprises 7. Pathways to Offending: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Narratives from Youth Convicted of a Sex Offense 8. Barriers to Criminal Justice System Engagement Among Victims with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis 9. What Influences the Poaching of Wildlife? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis 10. Bad Apples?: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Police Deviance 11. Sexual Harassment in Retail Workplaces: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research

Über Autor(innen)

Heith Copes is Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research focuses on narrative sense making among those who engage in crime and deviance.

Andy Hochstetler is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University. Much of his work examines offender decision-making and outcomes by incorporating offenders’ self-appraisals, estimated prospects for conventional success, and environmental contexts into understanding and predicting recidivism and crime continuation He also has written on aspects of drug use and misuse and on re-entry from correctional sentence.