Our knowledge of crime is based on three types of sources: the
criminal justice system, victims, and offenders. For technological
and other reasons the criminal justice system produces an
increasing stream of information on crime. The rise of the
victimization survey has given the victims a much larger role in
our study of crime. There is, however, no concomitant development
regarding offenders. This is unfortunate because offenders are the
experts when it comes to offending.In order to understand criminal
behavior, we need their perspective. This is not always a
straightforward process, however, and information from offenders is
often unreliable. This book is about what we can do to maximise the
validity of what offenders tell us about their offending. Renowned
experts from various countries present their experiences and
insights, with a clear focus on methodological issues of fieldwork
among various types of offender populations. Each contribution
deals with with a few central issues: * How can offenders be
motivated to participate in research? * How can offenders be
motivated to tell the truth on their offending? * How can the
information that offenders provide be checked and validated? * What
can we learn from offenders that cannot be accessed from other
sources? * With the aim of obtaining valid and reliable
information, how, where and under which conditions should we
observe offenders and talk to them?
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