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Researching ‘Hidden Populations’: Reflections of a Quantitative Researcher in Understanding ‘Established’ and ‘Immigrant’ Groups’ Perceptions of Crime and Social (Dis)Order

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Re flexivity is often considered a ‘vital counterpoint… to the positivist, quan- titative agenda’ Qewkes 2012, 69). The aim of this chapter however is to provide a critical and reflexive account of a quantitative research project, that used supplementary qualitative methods, in order to demonstrate the value of reflexivity in quantitative and mixed methods research.

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  1. Loughborough University, UK

    Karen Lumsden (Senior Lecturer in Sociology) (Senior Lecturer in Sociology)

  2. University of East London, UK

    Aaron Winter (Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice) (Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice)

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Griffiths, C.E. (2014). Researching ‘Hidden Populations’: Reflections of a Quantitative Researcher in Understanding ‘Established’ and ‘Immigrant’ Groups’ Perceptions of Crime and Social (Dis)Order. In: Lumsden, K., Winter, A. (eds) Reflexivity in Criminological Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379405_14

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