Gangs: fieldwork experiences, ethical dilemmas, and emotions in youth street groups research

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• dc.contributor.author Feixa, Carles, 1962-
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-28T06:58:19Z
• dc.date.embargoEnd info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-12-31
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract This essay takes up the famous thesis that Robert Park exposed in his preface to The Gang (Thrasher, 1927), considered the first serious scientific study on youth gangs, namely gangs are a specific type of society, which can be found in different parts of the planet and whose internal structure and dynamics can be studied with the help of research techniques of urban ethnography. To do this, I begin by describing five experiences of research on the field, which correspond to different contexts and types of gangs (from territorial gangs in post-war Spain to current transnational gangs). Next, I present the three phases of fieldwork -entry, permanence, and exit-, and different research techniques used in these investigations: oral history, newspaper analysis, participant observation, focus groups, in-depth interviews, life stories, ethnographic video, surveys, social network analysis, and digital ethnography. Finally, I reflect on the ethical dilemmas that research with vulnerable and stigmatized groups such as gangs entails, on the emotions and moral dilemmas they raise, and on the consequences that all this has for research and social intervention.
• dc.description.sponsorship This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s HORIZON 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 742705 and from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, grant agreement PID2019-110893RB-I00.
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• dc.identifier.citation Feixa C. Gangs: fieldwork experiences, ethical dilemmas, and emotions in youth street groups research. In: Diaz A, del Real C, Molnar L, (Eds.). Fieldwork experiences in criminology and security: methods, ethics, and emotions. Cham: Springer Nature; 2023. p. 321-40. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41574-6_18
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41574-6_18
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57705
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SpringerNature
• dc.relation.ispartof Diaz A, del Real C, Molnar L, (Eds.). Fieldwork experiences in criminology and security: methods, ethics, and emotions. Cham: Springer Nature; [2023]. p. 321-40.
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• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-110893RB-I00
• dc.rights © SpringerNature This is a author's accepted manuscript of: Feixa C. Gangs: fieldwork experiences, ethical dilemmas, and emotions in youth street groups research. In: Diaz A, del Real C, Molnar L, (Eds.). Fieldwork experiences in criminology and security: methods, ethics, and emotions. Cham: Springer Nature; [2023].
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• dc.title Gangs: fieldwork experiences, ethical dilemmas, and emotions in youth street groups research
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