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Qualitative data offer rich insights into the social world, whether alone or in tandem with statistical analysis. However, qualitative data are costly to collect and analyse. Moreover, it is a commonplace that only a portion of the data so labouriously collected is the subject of final analysis and publication. Secondary analysis is a well-established method in quantitative research and is raising its profile in application to qualitative data. It has a particular part to play when research is on sensitive topics and/or hard-to-reach populations, as in the example considered here. This article contributes to discussion of the potential and constraints of secondary analysis of qualitative data by reporting the outcome of the secondary analysis of a key study in the sociology of prison life, Cohen and Taylor's research on the long-term imprisonment of men in maximum security. The article re-visits Cohen and Taylor's original analysis and demonstrates support for an alternative, if complementary, conceptualisation, using archived data from the original study. Among the methodological issues discussed are the recovery of the context of the original fieldwork and the role of secondary analysis in an incremental approach to knowledge production.

Utilisations de logiciels dans l'analyse sociologique des données qualitatives. Cet article décrit l'utilisation de l'analyse informatique de données qualitatives (CAQDAS en anglais) en sociologie. II fournit un historique de la CAQDAS. montre la relation entre des types de logiciel et des approches différentes de l'analyse sociologique des données qualitatives. II examine la place de la CAQDAS dans l'environnement de recherche. et il considère les développements futurs de logiciels d'analyse de données qualitatives. L'article donne des exemples de procédures utilisant dlfférents logiciels, et présente les résultats. en utilisant la CAQDAS, d'un travail de terrain sur des expériences de chercheurs. L'article termine avec une "liste de ressources" présentant des détails sur les logiciels CAQDAS mentionnés dans l'article.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- An Introduction to the Economic Dimensions of Crime and Punishment -- PART I THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT -- 1 Crime and Punishment: an Economic Approach -- 2 The Economics of Crime -- 3 Economists, Crime and Punishment -- 4 Conspiracy among the Many: the Mafia in Legitimate Industries -- S Towards an Economic Approach to Crime and Prevention -- PART II CRIME AND THE LABOUR MARKET: ECONOMIC AND STRUCTURAL FACTORS -- 6 Crime and Consumption -- 7 Crime and the Labour Market -- 8 Work and Crime: an Exploration Using Panel Data -- 9 'The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands to Do': the Relationship between Unemployment and Delinquency -- 10 Crime, Unemployment and Deprivation -- PART III MODELLING THE SYSTEM-WIDE COSTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES -- 11 Modelling the Cost of Crime -- 12 Auditing Criminal Justice -- Annotated Further Readings -- Index.