Due to the prevalence of victimization in society, it is likely that many victimologists have been victimized or will be in their lifetimes. This poses a challenge for the field of victimology as traditional, positivist conceptions of 'good science' require researchers to be outsiders relative to populations they study. This paper asks: What are the epistemological and practical implications of victimological research conducted by researchers who have firsthand experiences of victimization? What lessons can be retained by other victimologists and researchers in general? How can these epistemological considerations be applied in practice? To answer these questions, I examine the meanings of insider and outsider status and the implications for objectivity and subjectivity as per positivist and standpoint epistemologies. I present the case of victimologists who have been victimized as well as the advantages and disadvantages of this form of insider research. I deconstruct insider-outsider, subjectivity-objectivity dualisms as they pertain to victimologists, concluding that all victimologists can be subjective whether they are technically insiders or not. In closing, I discuss how all victimologists can embrace their own and their participants' subjectivity as a resource for objectivity by examining location, emotions and bodies, and ethics throughout the research process.

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内部人士的经验教训：在受害者学中将主观性视为客观性。


由于社会上受害现象普遍存在，许多受害学家很可能已经或将成为受害人。这对受害者学领域提出了挑战，因为传统的、实证主义的“好科学”概念要求研究人员成为与他们所研究的人群相关的局外人。本文提出的问题是：由拥有第一手受害经历的研究人员进行的受害学研究有何认识论和实践意义？其他受害者学家和研究人员可以吸取哪些教训？这些认识论考虑如何应用于实践？为了回答这些问题，我根据实证主义和立场认识论研究了内部和外部地位的含义以及对客观性和主观性的影响。我介绍了受害人的案例以及这种形式的内部研究的优点和缺点。我解构了受害者学家的内部-外部、主观-客观二元论，得出的结论是，所有受害者学家都可以是主观的，无论他们在技术上是否是内部人士。最后，我讨论了所有受害者学家如何通过在整个研究过程中检查地点、情感和身体以及道德，将自己及其参与者的主观性作为客观性的资源。