Learning from an Experience of Mixed Methods Approach to Criminological Research in the Global South

Mamun Usman (Lancaster University)

Mixed methods are important method of data generation for rigorously reliable outcomes in criminological research, offering opportunities to gain insights beyond designed limitations of quantitative research. However, it also constitutes ethical dilemmas and challenges for criminological researchers. For this reason, many researchers tend to rely more on secondary sources of data, and research relating to deprivation in criminological studies is not exceptional in this regard. This session discusses the importance of mixed method in exploring the relationship between deprivation and criminality, with a specific focus of experience from the global south, towards scrutinizing the criminological theories that are primarily developed and tested using data of the global north. The study was conducted in northern Nigeria, gathering data from Almajirai students of Tsangaya system of education. These are about 10 million children who are often perceived as criminals in their host communities, but there is little empirical research to substantiate this. The study brings to light of this community, and the global south experience in enriching the existing knowledge of the relationship between depth of deprivation and involvement in criminality, through in-depth interviews, one-to-one questionnaire interviews, and covert observations.

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This is part of the Methods North West Methods Sessions 2022-23. To find out about further events please visit https://nwssdtp.ac.uk/about/methods-north-west/methods-sessions/

Experience of Mixed Methods Approach to Criminological Research

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