SOCI 40383 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Timothy Mcveigh, Hip Hop, Verstehen
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Readings: (cid:498)criminological verstehen,(cid:499) written by jeff ferrell recounts his ethnographic experience with members of a hip hop graffiti gang. In these situations, he realized that there are many ethical implications, moral decisions, and legal ambiguities. In this, he decided to live in these moments as one of the members rather than use his perks of being a scholar with the police, other gangs, etc. In this sense, as the researcher, he can relate to the circumstances the gang members are under and feel how they feel about specific things. Mark s. ham, as he attempted to achieve verstehen by recounting and reliving the weeks living up to the oklahoma city bombing of the federal building by mcveigh. Because mcveigh was in isolation in a prison, no one was able to interview him to collect information about the bombing and the weeks that lead up to it.
