Capturing violence in the night-time economy: A review of established and emerging methodologies
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Capturing violence in the night-time economy : A review of established and emerging methodologies. / Philpot, Richard; Liebst, Lasse Suonperä; Møller, Kim; Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz; Levine, Mark.
In: Aggression and Violent Behavior, Vol. 46, No. May-June, 2019, p. 56-65.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Capturing violence in the night-time economy
T2 - A review of established and emerging methodologies
AU - Philpot, Richard
AU - Liebst, Lasse Suonperä
AU - Møller, Kim
AU - Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz
AU - Levine, Mark
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Night-time economy (NTE) leisure zones, while providing local economic growth and positive social experiences, are hotspots for urban public violence. Research aimed at better understanding and thus reducing this violence has employed a range of empirical methods: official records, self-reports, experiments, and observational techniques. In this paper, we review the applications of these methodologies for analyzing NTE violence on key research dimensions, including mapping incidents across time and space; interpreting the motivations and meaning of violence; identifying social psychological background variables and health consequences; and the ability to examine mid-violent interactions. Further, we assess each method in terms of reliability, validity, and the potential for establishing causal claims. We demonstrate that there are fewer and less established methodologies available for examining the interactional dynamics of NTE violence. Using real-life NTE bystander intervention as a case example, we argue that video-based behavioral analysis is a promising method to address this gap. Given the infancy and relative lack of exposure of the video observational method, we provide recommendations for scholars interested in adopting this technique.
AB - Night-time economy (NTE) leisure zones, while providing local economic growth and positive social experiences, are hotspots for urban public violence. Research aimed at better understanding and thus reducing this violence has employed a range of empirical methods: official records, self-reports, experiments, and observational techniques. In this paper, we review the applications of these methodologies for analyzing NTE violence on key research dimensions, including mapping incidents across time and space; interpreting the motivations and meaning of violence; identifying social psychological background variables and health consequences; and the ability to examine mid-violent interactions. Further, we assess each method in terms of reliability, validity, and the potential for establishing causal claims. We demonstrate that there are fewer and less established methodologies available for examining the interactional dynamics of NTE violence. Using real-life NTE bystander intervention as a case example, we argue that video-based behavioral analysis is a promising method to address this gap. Given the infancy and relative lack of exposure of the video observational method, we provide recommendations for scholars interested in adopting this technique.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Violence
KW - Night-time economy
KW - Methods
KW - Video observation
KW - Bystander intervention
U2 - 10.1016/j.avb.2019.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.avb.2019.02.004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 56
EP - 65
JO - Aggression and Violent Behavior
JF - Aggression and Violent Behavior
SN - 1359-1789
IS - May-June
ER -
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