“You have to interview him now because they’re going to kill him”

Police violence and qualitative research (Reflections from Caracas urban field)

  • Daniel Pérez Mena Universidad Central de Venezuela
  • Francisco J. Sánchez Escuela de Psicología (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello), Caracas, Venezuela. Red de Activismo e Investigación por la Convivencia (REACIN), Caracas, Venezuela
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v42i1.8390
Keywords: qualitative research, police violence, transparency, reflexivity, Venezuela

Abstract

This article tries to summarize some epistemological and methodological considerations that we have clarified after researching phenomena associated with structural and armed violence in social exclusion and precariousness contexts. We have approached these phenomena from a constructivist paradigm, using various methodologies that are located within the qualitative methodological approach; therefore, our appreciations are based on these positions and specifically oriented to the development of knowledge on police violence in Caracas, Venezuela. In this way, we contextualize the use of qualitative concepts such as reflexivity, transparency and "giving voice" to others, amongst research on this topic.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Pérez Mena, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Daniel Pérez-Mena: licenciado en Psicología (UCAB) y MSc. en Psicología Social (UCV). Profesor investigador en el Instituto de Psicología de la UCV y profesor en las escuelas de Psicología de la UCAB y la UNIMET, donde dicta cátedras sobre métodos cualitativos de investigación. Estudia fenómenos de violencia armada urbana en sectores populares.
Francisco J. Sánchez, Escuela de Psicología (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello), Caracas, Venezuela. Red de Activismo e Investigación por la Convivencia (REACIN), Caracas, Venezuela
Francisco Sánchez: licenciado en Psicología y esp. en Psicología Clínica-Comunitaria (UCAB). Licenciado en Ciencias Políticas (UCAT). Investigador de la Unidad de Psicología Luis Azagra sj, UCAB. Profesor de métodos cualitativos de investigación. UCAB. Investigador asociado a la Red de Activismo e Investigación por la Convivencia (Reacin)
Foto Pis, Alejandra Bartoliche, 2010
Published
2021-03-20
How to Cite
Pérez Mena, D., & Sánchez, F. J. (2021). “You have to interview him now because they’re going to kill him”. RUNA, Archivo Para Las Ciencias Del Hombre, 42(1), 139-157. https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v42i1.8390
Issue
Vol 42 No 1 (2021): Methodological issues, dilemmas and challenges in research on public security, violence(s) and activism
Section
Dossier - Original Articles

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