SOCPSY 3B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Content Analysis, Participant Observation

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 3B03
• Professor: Erica Speakman

Document Summary

Tends to be more violent and more jarring. There can be a problem labelling something as extreme deviance. Researchers fix the label to the group they are studying, sometimes without context and without considering the power that label has. Arguably, less likely that a direct societal reaction is needed in order to internalize the identity. Based on your place in society, you know that behaviour is wrong. How to study extreme deviant identity and the lived experience. Gain access to the site and start discussions yourself. Gaining access may be extremely difficult, largely because of the criminality. Content analysis doesn"t allow the researcher to ask follow-up questions. Restricted to what people have chosen to put out into the world. Difficulty gaining access in order to observe participants. Skrapec "phenomenology and serial murder: asking different questions" Most work in the area are descriptive studies detailing the offender, the crime, and the victims.