TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract By considering the stories of crime victims, this chapter demonstrates the fluid and contextual nature of narrative. It draws upon research that investigates narratives of individuals who have lost loved ones to homicide (co-victims) by pairing intensive interviews with concurrent participant observation in a wide array of settings in which co-victims share their stories, such as fundraisers, memorials, self-help group meetings, advocacy events and celebratory gatherings. It highlights the benefit of two related methodological strategies for a narrative approach to victimology specifically and narrative criminology more generally: persistent observation of stories and prolonged engagement with storytellers. In doing so, it emphasises three key features of narrative that are especially useful in uncovering the nature, power and potential of crime victims' stories: speaker, audience and timing.
SN  - 978-1-78769-006-6, 978-1-78769-005-9/
DO  - 10.1108/978-1-78769-005-920191024
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-005-920191024
ED  - Kristen Lee Hourigan
ED  - Jennifer Fleetwood
ED  - Lois Presser
ED  - Sveinung Sandberg
ED  - Thomas Ugelvik
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Narrative Victimology: Speaker, Audience, Timing
T2  - The Emerald Handbook of Narrative Criminology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 259
EP  - 277
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -