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Heroin use in England : an (auto)ethnographic study of drug addiction /

This case study reports on the methodological complexities of doing ethnographic research on heroin addiction when the researcher is an ex-heroin addict himself. The case provides an account of the difficulties of accessing and researching criminal/deviant populations, demonstrating some of the many...

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Main Author: Wakeman, Stephen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:
Heroin abuse > Social aspects > Research > Great Britain > Case studies.
Social sciences > Biographical methods > Case studies.
Participant observation > Case studies.
Héroïnomanie > Aspect social > Recherche > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas.
Sciences sociales > Histoires de vie > Études de cas.
Participant observation
Social sciences > Biographical methods
Great Britain
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This case study reports on the methodological complexities of doing ethnographic research on heroin addiction when the researcher is an ex-heroin addict himself. The case provides an account of the difficulties of accessing and researching criminal/deviant populations, demonstrating some of the many potentials and problems to be found in adopting (auto)ethnographic techniques in the process. Ultimately, it is shown here that the links between the researcher's 'self' (past or present) and the subject studied can be usefully employed in social research to reveal new and illuminating ways of understanding research topics.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781473951389
1473951380