Negotiating 'Victim communities': Reflexivity and method in researching high-profile crimes

O'Leary, Nicola

Abstract

Certain crimes seem to embody the mood of the times, entering the pub- lic consciousness in such an enduring way that they almost become public property. Crimes such as the killing of James Bulger in 1993 and the dis- appearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007 have reached such prominence, attracting large amounts of sustained media coverage and popular attention. However, many such serious crimes typically involve a range of harms to multiple victims, not only to individuals or immediate groups, but also often on a broader level to others that live and are connected to the location where the crime took place.

Citation

O'Leary, N. (2014). Negotiating 'Victim communities': Reflexivity and method in researching high-profile crimes. In K. Lumsden, & A. Winter (Eds.), Reflexivity in Criminological Research : Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless (23-34). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379405_2

• Publication Date: Oct 6, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 23-34
• Book Title: Reflexivity in Criminological Research : Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless
• Chapter Number: 2
• ISBN: 9781349478743; 9781137379399
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379405_2
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3624462