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TY - JOUR
T1 - Capturing violence in the night-time economy
T2 - A review of established and emerging methodologies
AU - Philpot, R.
AU - Liebst, L.S.
AU - Møller, K.K.
AU - Lindegaard, M.R.
AU - Levine, M.
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Aggression and Violent Behavior. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Aggression and Violent Behavior, 46, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2019.02.004
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
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 - Bystander intervention
KW - Methods
KW - Night-time economy
KW - Video observation
KW - Violence
KW - economic aspect
KW - human
KW - Aggression
KW - motivation
KW - night
KW - observational method
KW - reliability
KW - review
KW - self report
KW - validity
KW - videorecording
KW - violence
KW - Anti-social behavior
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
ER -