TY - JOUR

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 -