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Researching sensitive topics / Claire M. Renzetti, Raymond M. Lee, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sage focus editions ; 152.Publisher: Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: x, 302 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0803948441
  • 9780803948440
  • 080394845X
  • 9780803948457
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 20
LOC classification:
  • H62 .R4617 1993
Online resources:
Contents:
The problems of researching sensitive topics : an overview and introduction / Raymond M. Lee and Claire M. Renzetti -- The ethics and politics of sensitive research / Joan E. Sieber -- The cyclical pattern of child abuse : a study of research methodology / Sharon D. Herzberger -- Measuring the underground economy : a suitable case for interdisciplinary treatment? / J.J. Thomas -- Doing research in post-Tiananmen China / Daniel J. Curran and Sandra Cook -- Developing a community sample of gay men for an epidemiological study of AIDS / John L. Martin and Laura Dean -- "They must be crazy" : some of the difficulties in researching "cults" / Marybeth Ayella -- Sensitivity as a problem in field research : a study of routine policing in Northern Ireland / John D. Brewer -- Mediating the message : affinity and hostility in research on sensitive topics / Nigel G. Fielding --
AIDS prevention research : old problems and new solutions / Benjamin P. Bowser and Joan E. Sieber -- An education in interviewing : placing the researcher and the research / Rosalind Edwards -- Interviewing survivors of marital rape : doing feminist research on sensitive topics / Raquel Kennedy Bergen -- Using visual imagery to explore gendered notions of pain / Gillian Bendelow -- Studying African women's secret societies / Pamela J. Brink -- Ethical issues in self-censorhship : ethnographic research on sensitive topics / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler -- Anticipating media coverage : methodological decisions in criminal justice research / Noreen L. Channels -- --
Preface -- Pt. I. What Is Sensitive Research? -- 1. The Problems of Researching Sensitive Topics: An Overview and Introduction -- 2. The Ethics and Politics of Sensitive Research -- Pt. II. Designing Research on Sensitive Topics -- 3. The Cyclical Pattern of Child Abuse: A Study of Research Methodology -- 4. Measuring the Underground Economy: A Suitable Case for Interdisciplinary Treatment? -- 5. Doing Research in Post-Tiananmen China -- 6. Developing a Community Sample of Gay Men for an Epidemiological Study of AIDS -- Pt. III. Sensitivity in Field Research -- 7. "They Must Be Crazy:" Some of the Difficulties in Researching "Cults" -- 8. Sensitivity as a Problem in Field Research: A Study of Routine Policing in Northern Ireland -- 9. Mediating the Message: Affinity and Hostility in Research on Sensitive Topics -- 10. AIDS Prevention Research: Old Problems and New Solutions -- Pt. IV. The Use of Feminist Methodologies in Researching Sensitive Topics -- 11. An Education in Interviewing: Placing the Researcher and the Research -- 12. Interviewing Survivors of Marital Rape: Doing Feminist Research on Sensitive Topics -- 13. Using Visual Imagery to Explore Gendered Notions of Pain -- Pt. V. Disseminating Sensitive Research Findings: Structural and Personal Constraints -- 14. Studying African Women's Secret Societies -- 15. Ethical Issues in Self-Censorship: Ethnographic Research on Sensitive Topics -- 16. Anticipating Media Coverage: Methodological Decisions in Criminal Justice Research -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: "Cults, child abuse, AIDS, governmental policies, marital rape--increasingly social scientists are called upon to research topics that are "sensitive" in the sense that they deal with behavior that is intimate, discreditable, or incriminating. Such topics pose not only difficult technical problems, but also include wider issues regarding the ethics and politics of research which are most clearly seen on sensitive topics. Yet, to date, no resource has existed which effectively guides researchers in conducting sensitive research--until now. Researching Sensitive Topics acquaints researchers with the tools and experiences of colleagues on how to conduct such research. A team of distinguished researchers from a variety of disciplines (psychology, sociology, public health, nursing, anthropology, and public policy) explores such issues as cross-cultural research, disclosure and the dissemination of research findings, feminist methodologies, and self-censorship. USE FOR NEXT AD (9/26/94): "The book offers excellent advice for any researcher investigating any topic involving humans, using any method, quantitative or qualitative. . . . The essays are both easy to read and easy to relate to, and the learning that results is invaluable. It is suggested for use by practitioners, by scholars, and in the classroom." --Journal of Marketing Research "While the contributions to the knowledge of specific topical areas makes this book fascinating, it is the overall methodological implications which make this book so valuable." --Qualitative Health Research"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problems of researching sensitive topics : an overview and introduction / Raymond M. Lee and Claire M. Renzetti -- The ethics and politics of sensitive research / Joan E. Sieber -- The cyclical pattern of child abuse : a study of research methodology / Sharon D. Herzberger -- Measuring the underground economy : a suitable case for interdisciplinary treatment? / J.J. Thomas -- Doing research in post-Tiananmen China / Daniel J. Curran and Sandra Cook -- Developing a community sample of gay men for an epidemiological study of AIDS / John L. Martin and Laura Dean -- "They must be crazy" : some of the difficulties in researching "cults" / Marybeth Ayella -- Sensitivity as a problem in field research : a study of routine policing in Northern Ireland / John D. Brewer -- Mediating the message : affinity and hostility in research on sensitive topics / Nigel G. Fielding --

AIDS prevention research : old problems and new solutions / Benjamin P. Bowser and Joan E. Sieber -- An education in interviewing : placing the researcher and the research / Rosalind Edwards -- Interviewing survivors of marital rape : doing feminist research on sensitive topics / Raquel Kennedy Bergen -- Using visual imagery to explore gendered notions of pain / Gillian Bendelow -- Studying African women's secret societies / Pamela J. Brink -- Ethical issues in self-censorhship : ethnographic research on sensitive topics / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler -- Anticipating media coverage : methodological decisions in criminal justice research / Noreen L. Channels -- --

Preface -- Pt. I. What Is Sensitive Research? -- 1. The Problems of Researching Sensitive Topics: An Overview and Introduction -- 2. The Ethics and Politics of Sensitive Research -- Pt. II. Designing Research on Sensitive Topics -- 3. The Cyclical Pattern of Child Abuse: A Study of Research Methodology -- 4. Measuring the Underground Economy: A Suitable Case for Interdisciplinary Treatment? -- 5. Doing Research in Post-Tiananmen China -- 6. Developing a Community Sample of Gay Men for an Epidemiological Study of AIDS -- Pt. III. Sensitivity in Field Research -- 7. "They Must Be Crazy:" Some of the Difficulties in Researching "Cults" -- 8. Sensitivity as a Problem in Field Research: A Study of Routine Policing in Northern Ireland -- 9. Mediating the Message: Affinity and Hostility in Research on Sensitive Topics -- 10. AIDS Prevention Research: Old Problems and New Solutions -- Pt. IV. The Use of Feminist Methodologies in Researching Sensitive Topics -- 11. An Education in Interviewing: Placing the Researcher and the Research -- 12. Interviewing Survivors of Marital Rape: Doing Feminist Research on Sensitive Topics -- 13. Using Visual Imagery to Explore Gendered Notions of Pain -- Pt. V. Disseminating Sensitive Research Findings: Structural and Personal Constraints -- 14. Studying African Women's Secret Societies -- 15. Ethical Issues in Self-Censorship: Ethnographic Research on Sensitive Topics -- 16. Anticipating Media Coverage: Methodological Decisions in Criminal Justice Research -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- About the Contributors.

"Cults, child abuse, AIDS, governmental policies, marital rape--increasingly social scientists are called upon to research topics that are "sensitive" in the sense that they deal with behavior that is intimate, discreditable, or incriminating. Such topics pose not only difficult technical problems, but also include wider issues regarding the ethics and politics of research which are most clearly seen on sensitive topics. Yet, to date, no resource has existed which effectively guides researchers in conducting sensitive research--until now. Researching Sensitive Topics acquaints researchers with the tools and experiences of colleagues on how to conduct such research. A team of distinguished researchers from a variety of disciplines (psychology, sociology, public health, nursing, anthropology, and public policy) explores such issues as cross-cultural research, disclosure and the dissemination of research findings, feminist methodologies, and self-censorship. USE FOR NEXT AD (9/26/94): "The book offers excellent advice for any researcher investigating any topic involving humans, using any method, quantitative or qualitative. . . . The essays are both easy to read and easy to relate to, and the learning that results is invaluable. It is suggested for use by practitioners, by scholars, and in the classroom." --Journal of Marketing Research "While the contributions to the knowledge of specific topical areas makes this book fascinating, it is the overall methodological implications which make this book so valuable." --Qualitative Health Research"--Publisher description.

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