This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Pösö, T. Articles by Nyqvist, L. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Focus groups and the study of violence

University of Tampere, Finland, tarja.poso{at}uta.fi

Päivi Honkatukia

National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Helsinki, Finland, paivi.honkatukia{at}om.fi

Leo Nyqvist

University of Turku, Finland, leo.nyqvist{at}utu.fi

The article examines the focus group method as a tool to study violence in youth residential care based on an empirical study of 38 young people in two Finnish reform schools. The key issue here is to reflect upon the processes of knowledge production as we trace the ways in which the institutional and situational context and the very form of focus groups affect the ways of talking about violence. Special attention is given to strong and weak themes in the focus group interviews.

Key Words: focus groups • violence • youth residential care • youth violence

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?