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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
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