Van Den Hoonaard, D.K. Qualitative Research in Action: A Canadian Primer

Authors

Deborah Landry, University of Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

"Dr. Deborah Van Den Hoonaard has made a distinguished career of applying qualitative methodologies to uncover the rich everyday experiences of marginal populations. Professor Van Den Hoonaard holds a prestigious position as Canada Research Chair in Qualitative Analysis, garnering the respect of her peers for her fieldwork. The savvy experience of a seasoned field researcher unfolds easily in this guidebook, which feels more like a documentary than a methodology textbook. Nodding to the ethnographic traditions of the Chicago School and McGill University (the Canadian version of the Chicago School), her engagement with contemporary approaches is couched in an informed historical context; new scholars are invited to continue the important work of getting the seats of their pants dirty (to paraphrase Robert Park). Given the trend toward Orthodox methodologies that has arguably taken place in the discipline of criminology and criminal justice since the 1980s, I offer that this book stands as an important contribution to renewing interest in the creation of knowledge about marginalized populations through qualitative research methods."

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Recommended Citation

Landry, Deborah (2013) "Van Den Hoonaard, D.K. Qualitative Research in Action: A Canadian Primer," Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 1: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol1/iss1/8