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Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | We will make heavy use of this book on this module, and it will be
very useful to you throughout your degree. The book is accompanied by useful onlineresources at http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/sociology/brymansrm5e/
Criminology skills - Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski, 2016Book | Core text | This book also contains very useful information for non-criminology
students on note-taking, essay writing, exam preparation and many other skills required atuniversity level.
A dictionary of sociology - 2014Book | Recommended | We really recommend this - even to buy - as it is a great
resource for sociological ideas, theories and methods. If you are ever confused by an -ism,this is the place to look it up.
Social research: issues, methods and process - Tim May, 2011Book | Recommended
The philosophy of social science reader - Daniel Steel, Francesco Guala, 2011Book | Recommended
Ethnography: principles in practice - Martyn Hammersley, Paul Atkinson, 2007Book | Recommended
Background Reading (9 items)
Craft of knowledge : experiences of living with data - 2014Book | Background
Critical realism: essential readings - Archer, Margaret Scotford, Centre for Critical Realism,1998
Book | Background
Introducing psychological research - Banyard, Philip, Grayson, Andrew, 2008Book | Background
The study skills handbook - Cottrell, Stella, 2013Book | Background
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Philosophies of social science: the classic and contemporary readings - Delanty, Gerard,Strydom, Piet, 2003
Book | Background
Classic case studies in psychology - Rolls, G. W. P., 2010Book | Background
Method in social science: a realist approach - Sayer, Andrew, 1992Book | Background
Introduction to the philosophy of social research - Williams, Malcolm, May, Tim, Wiggins, R.D., 1996
Book | Background
The art of listening - Les Back, 2007Book | Background
Week 1/2 - Introduction (2 items)Chapter 1: The nature and process of social research
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 1: The nature and process of social research
Criminology skills - Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 6: Study skills
Week 2/3: How do we know the social world? (5 items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 2: Social research strategies
A dictionary of sociology - 2014Book | Recommended | Read the sections on 'positivism', interpretative sociology' and
'realism', and also the other entries (in bold text) that they lead to.
The philosophy of social science reader - Daniel Steel, Francesco Guala, 2011Book | Recommended | Chapter 1: Emile Durkheim (1895) on 'What is a social fact?'. A
classic text in the positivist tradition.
The philosophy of social science reader - Daniel Steel, Francesco Guala, 2011Book | Recommended | Chapter 32: Erving Goffman (1974) on 'primary frameworks'. A
classic in the interpretavist tradition.
Realist criminology - Roger Matthews, 2014Book | Recommended | Chapter 2: A framework of analysis. A recent application of
realist epistemology to the study of crime.
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Week 3/4: What is data, and where do we find it? (7 items)This week, read *at least two* of the core texts, including the chapter on 'thick description'by Geertz.
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 14: Using existing data
Social research: issues, methods and process - Tim May, 2011Book | Core text | Chapter 4: ‘Official statistics’
The philosophy of social science reader - Daniel Steel, Francesco Guala, 2011Book | Core text | Chapter 10: Clifford Geertz on 'Thick Description: Towards an
Interpretive Theory of Culture'.
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Recommended | Chapter 7 on quantitative research, and chapter 17 on
qualitative research
Criminology skills - Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski, 2016Book | Recommended | Chapter 3: Statistics and official publications
Using documents in social research - Lindsay Prior, 2003Book | Recommended
Doing visual ethnography - Sarah Pink, 2013Book | Recommended
Week 4: Essay writing (8 items)
Criminology skills - Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski, 2016Book | Core text | Chapters 7-9
The study skills handbook - Cottrell, Stella, 2013Book | Core text | Chapter 11: Writing at university level
Writing for social scientists: how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article - HowardSaul Becker, 2007
Book | Recommended
How to write better essays - Greetham, Bryan, 2008Book | Background
The student's guide to writing: spelling, punctuation and grammar - Peck, John, Coyle,Martin, 2012
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Book | Background
Good essay writing: a social sciences guide - Redman, Peter, 2006Book | Background
The mature student's guide to writing - Rose, Jean, 2007Book | Background
Writing at university: a guide for students - Creme, Phyllis, Lea, Mary R., 2008Book | Background
Week 5 - Reading Week - No lectures
Week 6/7: The politics and ethics of social and criminological research(7 items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 6: Ethics and politics of social research
Social research: issues, methods and process - Tim May, 2011Book | Core text | Chapter 3: Values and ethics in the research process
‘You are what you research’: researcher partisanship and the sociology of the ‘underdog’ -Karen Lumsden, 2013-02
Article | Core text
Whose Side Are We On? - Howard S. Becker, 1967-01Article | Background
Social research & reflexivity : content, consequences and context - Tim May, 2011Book | Background
Endless pressure : a study of West Indian life-styles in Bristol - Ken Pryce, 1979Book | Background
On the run: fugitive life in an American city - Alice Goffman, 2015Book | Background
Week 7/8: Developing concepts and theory in qualitative research (6items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 17: Qualitative research
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Revictimizing the Victim? How Rape Victims Experience the UK Legal System - JacquelineM. Wheatcroft, Graham F. Wagstaff, Annmarie Moran, 2009-06-30
Article | Core text
Observing Court Responses to Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault - Olivia Smith, TinaSkinner, 2012-10
Article | Recommended
Sociological practice: linking theory and social research - Derek Layder, 1998Book | Background | Especially chapter 2: Elements of the research process
The discovery of grounded theory: strategies for qualitative research - Barney G. Glaser,Anselm L. Strauss, 1968
Book | Background
Doing research in the real world - David E. Gray, 2013Book | Background | Chapter 7, Research Design: Qualitative Methods
Week 8/9: The collection of qualitative data (interviews and focusgroups) (8 items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 20: Interviewing in qualitative research
Social research: issues, methods and process - Tim May, 2011Book | Core text | Chapter 6: Interviewing
Interviews in qualitative research - Nigel King, c2010Book | Recommended
Doing interviews - Steinar Kvale, 2007Book | Background
Improving criminal justice workplaces : translating theory and research intoevidence-based practice: 32 - Paula Brough, 2015
Book | Background | Chapter 8: 'Focus groups'
Doing qualitative research in psychology: a practical guide - Michael A. Forrester, c2010Book | Background
Qualitative methods in psychology: a research guide - Peter Banister, 2011Book | Background
Fear of crime-- punitivity: new developments in theory and research - Helmut Kury,European Society of Criminology. Conference, 2008
Book | Background
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Week 9/10: Collecting qualitative data (ethnography, observation andimage) (9 items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 19: Ethnography and participant observation
Social research: issues, methods and process - Tim May, 2011Book | Core text | Chapter 7: Participant observation
Ethnography: principles in practice - Martyn Hammersley, Paul Atkinson, 2007Book | Recommended | Chapter 1: What is ethnography?
Doing visual ethnography - Sarah Pink, 2013Book | Background
Analyzing social settings: a guide to qualitative observation and analysis - John Lofland,c2006
Book | Background
Visual methods in social research - Marcus Banks, 2001Book | Background
The Sage handbook of criminological research methods - David Gadd, Susanne Karstedt,Steven F. Messner, 2012
Book | Background | Chapter 13 on Ethnographic photography in criminology, andchapter 14 on Autoethnography.
Telling Policy Stories: An Ethnographic Study of the Use of Evidence in Policy-making in theUK - ALEX STEVENS, 2011-4
Article | Background
Women's voices made visible: Photovoice in visual criminology - Wendy Fitzgibbon,Camille M Stengel, 2017-03-28
Article | Background
Week 10/11: Analysing qualitative data (6 items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 24: Qualitative data analysis
Constructing grounded theory - Kathy Charmaz, c2014Book | Recommended
Interpreting qualitative data - David Silverman, 2011Book | Recommended | Especially chapter 1.
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Sociological practice: linking theory and social research - Derek Layder, 1998Book | Recommended | Chapter 3: Analysing data with theory in mind
Qualitative data analysis with NVivo - Patricia Bazeley, Kristi Jackson, 2013Book | Recommended
Analyzing social settings: a guide to qualitative observation and analysis - John Lofland,c2006
Book | Background
Week 11/12: Writing up and presenting social research (5 items)
Social research methods - Alan Bryman, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 28: Writing up research
Trump's electoral speeches and his appeal to the American white working class - LamontMichèle, Park Bo Yun, Ayala‐Hurtado Elena, 2017/11/08
Article | Core text | Read this before coming to the topic seminar. Bring a printed copywith you to the seminar.
Social research: issues, methods and process - Tim May, 2011Book | Recommended | Chapter 11: Reflections on research in practice
Applying social science: the role of social research in politics, policy and practice - D. S.Byrne, MyiLibrary, c2011
Book | Recommended
Sociological practice: linking theory and social research - Derek Layder, 1998Book | Background | Chapter 7: On new rules of method
Week 12: Preparing for assessment (2 items)
For your essay, review material from week 4, as well as feedback on you short essay.
Criminology skills - Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski, 2016Book | Core text | Chapter 12: Revision and exams
The study skills handbook - Stella Cottrell, 2013Book | Core text | Chapter 14: Revision and exams
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