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British Journal of Criminology, doi:10.1093/bjc/azi078
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Hearing Lost Voices

Jon Garland 1*, Basia Spalek 2, and Neil Chakraborti 1*

1 Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, The Friars, 154 Upper New Walk, Leicester LE1 7QA
2 Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham: B15 2TT

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Jon Garland, E-mail: jgd{at}le.ac.uk and nac5@le.ac.uk
Neil Chakraborti, E-mail: jgd{at}le.ac.uk and nac5@le.ac.uk


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This article addresses key methodological and ethical dilemmas faced by criminologists when investigating the experiences of minority ethnic households. The paper argues that by employing broad ethnic categories, such as ‘Black’ or ‘Asian’, when examining or discussing minority ethnic groups, statutory agencies can mask the specific concerns of those diverse ‘hidden’ communities that are subsumed under such umbrella classifications. The propensity to assume that the ‘white’ condition is the ‘normal’ version of events is linked to the othering of the experiences of ‘hard-to-reach’ minority ethnic groups. The complexities of researcher subjectivities are examined and specifically the processes that lead to misleading assumptions about ‘hidden’ populations. Only by developing an understanding of the political complexities of researching such groups, and of the nature of their communities, can researchers accurately assess their specific problems.


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