TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Purpose – The chapter explores the use of freedom of information (ATI/FOI) requests in social science research, with specific focus on using ATI/FOI requests in socio-legal studies, criminal justice studies, and criminology.Methodology/approach – ATI/FOI requests constitute a novel method of data collection that has methodological and also epistemological implications for researchers.Findings – The chapter explains how to use ATI/FOI requests in social science as well as how to navigate challenges and barriers ATI/FOI users regularly face.Originality/value – There is a paucity of writings on use of ATI/FOI requests in socio-legal studies, criminal justice studies, and criminology. The chapter reveals the value of using ATI/FOI in social science and the originality of the data that ATI/FOI requests can result in.
VL  - 24
SN  - 978-1-78769-865-9, 978-1-78769-866-6/1521-6136
DO  - 10.1108/S1521-613620190000024005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-613620190000024005
AU  - Walby Kevin
AU  - Luscombe Alex
ED  - Mathieu Deflem
ED  - Derek M.D. Silva
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Using Freedom of Information Requests in Socio-Legal Studies, Criminal Justice Studies, and Criminology
T2  - Methods of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research
T3  - Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 33
EP  - 46
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -