Fieldwork Experiences in Criminology and Security Studies

Foreword.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Talking with spies: from naïve to distrustful researcher.- Chapter 2. Doing research on, for and with Police in Canada and Switzerland: Practical and methodological insights.- Chapter 3. Research in probation settings: experience and "field policy".- Chapter 4. Silence of the altars: Researching sexual abuse in religious institutions in Catalonia (Spain).- Chapter 5. Studying the military: unlocking a closed organization.- Chapter 6. Researching the elites of power: the case of the parliamentarians.- Chapter 7. Challenges and complexities when researching vulnerable populations and sensitive topics: Working with women experiencing violence and homelessness.- Chapter 8. Researching party zones: Drugs, alcohol, and the night.- Chapter 9. Conducting criminological practitioner research with sex workers in Switzerland.- Chapter 10. Fieldwork and ethical challenges on criminological research with immigrants.- Chapter 11. Researching the Roma in criminology and legal studies: Experiences from urban and rural participant observation, interviews and surveys.- Chapter 12. Street children, criminological research and emotional labour: Reflections from the field.- Chapter 13. Research in child and adolescent victimization: Incentives, threats and challenges.- Chapter 14. Research with trafficking victims. Exploring methods, ethics and emotions.- Chapter 15. How to do criminological research on, for, and with children and young people.- Chapter 16. Researching imprisoned persons: Views from Spain and Latin America.- Chapter 17. Language, emotions, and access to refugee women: Ingredients for reflexivity.- Chapter 18. Gangs: Fieldwork experiences, ethical dilemmas, and emotions in youth street groups research.- Chapter 19. Exploring organized crime beyond institutional sources.- Chapter 20. How to investigate a criminal

Antonio M. Díaz-Fernández  Antonio Díaz is an Associate Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Cadiz (Spain). He holds a doctorate in Political Science and Administration from the University of Barcelona and has been awarded university degrees in Law and Political Science. He also holds a Master's Degree in Peace, Security, and Defence awarded by the University Institute 'General Gutiérrez Mellado'. He is a member of the Doctorate Committee of Security Studies, Criminology, and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Cadiz. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Cadiz. Antonio Díaz has been a visiting research fellow at the King's College London, Brunel Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (Brunel University, London), the University of Glasgow, and Dublin City University. He has been recognized with prizes in 1997 and 2003 from the Spanish Ministry of Defence for his research on security. He previously served as the deputy editor of The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs and has worked as an expert evaluator in the FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe, and MSCA programs. Currently, he manages the cooperative agreement between the University of Cadiz and the Spanish Intelligence Service. He is also a member of the Forum against disinformation campaigns in the field of National Security of the National Security Department, which is attached to the Office of the Presidency in the current Spanish Government.



Cristina Del-Real  Cristina Del-Real is an Assistant Professor of Cyber Crisis at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at Leiden University (The Netherlands), and Research Fellow at The Hague Program on International Cyber Security. She is part of the NWO-funded project 'Cyber Security by Integrated Design' (C-SIDe). Her research explores the intersection between society, technology and security policy, with specific