Building on her leading research in creative methodology, in this book Wendy Fitzgibbon explores and illustrates how Photovoice, a participatory, active research tool, can enable new insights and engagement with both marginalised people and those working with them in the criminal justice system. Including research examples from criminal justice settings around Europe, the book explains how one could undertake such research and the ethical and practical challenges presented.
Engaging, accessible and illustrated with original photographs, this book not only presents the theoretical and practical information necessary for researchers, students and practitioners to be able to utilise Photovoice – it demonstrates these with original empirical findings from an international range of projects, including work with the probation service, with female offenders and with an open prison. It is essential reading for those engaged with criminological research methods, and Visual Criminology.
Author(s): Wendy Fitzgibbon
Series: Criminology in Focus
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 163
City: London
Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
1 Introduction
References
2 Creative Methods: Placing Photovoice in Context
Deconstructing the Spectacle
The Image as Voice
Photovoice and Community Action
Photovoice as Self-Reflection
References
3 Photovoice in Practice
Organising the Project
Pre-project Considerations Including the Creation of a Project Advisory Committee and Preliminary Fieldwork
Selection of Project Participants and Leadership
Training and Ongoing Support Including the Necessary Management and Care of Equipment and Approaches Towards Photography
Further Issues
Researchers and Participants
Organising the Participants
Showcasing
Power and Ethics
Participants and Organisers
Participants and Audience
The Wider Community
Work With Offenders
References
4 Working With Women
Setting Up the Projects
Interpreting the Photographs
Findings From the Supervisible Project (Group 1)
Surveillance and Control
Judgement and Representation
Rubbish and Waste
Help and Support
Setting Up the Exhibition
Reflections On the Supervisible Exhibition
The Enrich Project
Conclusion
References
5 Using Photovoice in the German Criminal Justice System
Setting Up the Project
Interpreting the Photographs
Time
Judgement
Waste
Photovoice: A Means of Empowerment Or Further Reinforcement of Negative Norms?
The Exhibition
Conclusion
References
6 Ireland and the Probation Centre
Setting Up the Project
Interpreting the Photographs
Help and Support
Time, Nature and Growth
Stigma and Judgement
Transitions and Beginnings
Reflecting On the Photographs
Different Ways of Seeing
The Exhibition
Conclusion
References
7 Working With Practitioners and Students
Traditional Teaching Methods
The Visual Image and Co-Learning
Teachers and Students
Case Studies
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Case Study 3
References
8 Audiencing
Audiencing in Action: The Dublin Project
Audiencing in the Digital Age
Conclusion
References
9 Concluding Remarks On the Future of Photovoice
References
Index
