Living criminology research methods: a forgotten lens?

• In Event: Challenges in qualitative research II

Abstract

In this paper Paula Harriott will reflect on her experience of being a lived experience activist and of being the researched whilst a serving prisoner in traditional research methodologies, exploring the impact of being the researched and the challenges of current ethical frameworks and informed consent. She will argue how such practices are extractive, and painful ; and consistently comply with and mirror the power dynamics in prison and cloak moral and ethical concerns that need surfacing
In contrast she will reflect on current experiences of research outside of prison of being a co-author involved in research praxis grounded in knowledge equity principles; a praxis that confronts power, ethics , control and ownership of knowledge as a collective in dialogue. She will reflect on why such approaches matter in criminology and the benefits for all concerned

Authors

• Paula Harriott, Prison Reform Trust

• Paula Harriott, Prison Reform Trust