Fiona Brookman
Dr Fiona Brookman is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminology at the University of South Wales, UK. She received her PhD from Cardiff University in 2000. Her research is principally concerned with the characteristics and causes of homicide and violence, how offenders account for violence and the police investigation of homicide.
Fiona Brookman is Professor of Criminology at the University of South Wales. Using qualitative methods, she explores the characteristics and causes of homicide and violence and the police investigation of homicide.
She has over fifty publications including those in peer-reviewed journals, such as, Deviant Behavior, the British Journal of Criminology, the European Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. She is author of Understanding Homicide (Sage: 2005), lead editor of the Handbook on Crime (Willan: 2010) and has also contributed chapters to a number of prestigious edited collections, including the Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Oxford: 2012), In Their Own Words (Oxford: 2013) and Narrative Criminology (New York: 2015). In 2011 Fiona established the Criminal Investigation Research Network (CIRN) to generate international research collaboration between detectives, researchers and policy makers (http://criminology.research.southwales.ac.uk/cirn/). She is currently analyzing data and preparing publications on homicide investigation based on ethnographic research undertaken in the UK and in and around Washington DC. Fiona is also leading a Leverhulme funded British project exploring the role of science and technology in homicide investigation.
Fiona Brookman is Professor of Criminology at the University of South Wales. Using qualitative methods, she explores the characteristics and causes of homicide and violence and the police investigation of homicide.
She has over fifty publications including those in peer-reviewed journals, such as, Deviant Behavior, the British Journal of Criminology, the European Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. She is author of Understanding Homicide (Sage: 2005), lead editor of the Handbook on Crime (Willan: 2010) and has also contributed chapters to a number of prestigious edited collections, including the Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Oxford: 2012), In Their Own Words (Oxford: 2013) and Narrative Criminology (New York: 2015). In 2011 Fiona established the Criminal Investigation Research Network (CIRN) to generate international research collaboration between detectives, researchers and policy makers (http://criminology.research.southwales.ac.uk/cirn/). She is currently analyzing data and preparing publications on homicide investigation based on ethnographic research undertaken in the UK and in and around Washington DC. Fiona is also leading a Leverhulme funded British project exploring the role of science and technology in homicide investigation.
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Nevertheless, a small number of qualitative researchers have for many years undertaken research into various kinds of homicide. Moreover, they have reached into areas hitherto untapped by quantitative researchers. This is not surprising, given that qualitative techniques permit unrivalled insights into people’s inner thoughts, reflections, actions, and lived experiences.
Drawing on examples from my own research with murderers and homicide detectives, as well as the experiences of other researchers, this chapter represents an attempt to appraise the benefits, challenges, pitfalls, and promises of qualitative research on homicide
Nevertheless, a small number of qualitative researchers have for many years undertaken research into various kinds of homicide. Moreover, they have reached into areas hitherto untapped by quantitative researchers. This is not surprising, given that qualitative techniques permit unrivalled insights into people’s inner thoughts, reflections, actions, and lived experiences.
Drawing on examples from my own research with murderers and homicide detectives, as well as the experiences of other researchers, this chapter represents an attempt to appraise the benefits, challenges, pitfalls, and promises of qualitative research on homicide