Qualitative Approaches to Criminal Justice

Mark R. Pogrebin is a Professor and Director of Criminal Justice in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has conducted numerous field studies in the areas of police undercover work, tragic events, Afro-American policewomen, emotion management, women jailers, psychotherapists’ deviant behavior with clients, women in prison and on parole, and the strategic uses of humor among police. He has published three books and numerous journal articles and has had over twenty of his publications reprinted in anthologies.  Professor Pogrebin has his M.A. from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. A nationally-recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, Dr. Pogrebin held faculty positions at Florida State University and the University of Iowa prior to joining SPA in 1976. His present interests lie in the areas of criminology and penology, sociology of law and organizations, administration of justice, deviant behavior, and qualitative research methods.

I was looking for a text explaining how to do qualitative research in the field of Criminal Justice. This book does not offer that. It does offer very nice examples of qualitative research conducted in the field. I may therefore use some of the examples in the book in my teaching and possibly assign a text as supplemental reading.

• ForewordPrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE METHODS1. In the Field - W. Shaffir & R. Stebbins2. Participant Observation - Methodology - D. Jorgensen3. Participant Observation - Fieldwork Relations - R. Emerson & M. Pollner4. Interviews - J. Spradley5. Entering the Field - J. Van MaanenPART II: THE POLICE6. Socialization - J. Van Maanen7. Informal Communication - M. Pogrebin & E. Poole8. Stereotyping Cases - W. Waegel9. Emotions - B. Stenross & S. Kleinman10. Undercover Work - M. Pogrebin & E. Poole11. Community Relationships - R. Weisheit, L.E. Wells, & D. Falcone12. Police Deviancy - J. Hunt & P. ManningPART III: JUDICIAL13. Prosecutorial Decision Making - L. Frohmaan14. Defense Attorneys and Clients - R. Flemming15. Social Class Effects on Criminal Clients - D. Emmelman16. Plea Bargaining - Prosecutorial - M. Heumann17. Plea Bargaining - Defense Attorney - D. Emmelman18. Plea Bargaining - Judges′ Role - M. McConville & C. Mirsky19. Stereotyping the Offender - J. RosencrancePART IV: CORRECTIONS20. Guard Research - S. Stojkovic21. Adjustment to Prison - D. Schmit & R. Jones22. Changing Climate of Prisons - G. Hunt, S. Morales, & D. Waldorf23. Women View Prison - M. Pogrebin & M. Dodge24. Sexualized Work Environment - M. Pogrebin & E. Poole25. Parole Board - M. Radelet & L. Roberts26. Inmates′ View of Parole Board - M. West-Smith, M. Pogrebin, & E. PoolePART V: FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ETHICAL DILEMMAS27. The Moral Fix: On the Ethics of Fieldwork - J. Van Maanen28. Female Researchers in Male-Dominated Settings - J. Neff Gurney29. Doing Research in Prisons - J. MarquartAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors