... Australia's policy on Climate Change and Asylum Seekers, research that contradicts dominant paradigms is oftentimes discounted or dismissed altogether (Smith & Kulynych 2002, Marston & Watts 2003, Solesbury 2002). Therefore, although evidence has the potential to be utilised to drive solutions to social problems, it can also be utilised tactically to extenuate strategic control. In a study of the Pathways to Prevention report on juvenile crime ... information/data (Bromell 2012, Watts 2014). Some have attempted to explain it through pluralism and exemplification: evidence includes "phot...

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... is to tick boxes to gain tallies and data" (The Open University, 2014). Within Visual research you see "the power can swing between both parties" (Flewitt, 2014); as whilst the researcher selects the design of the research it is the participant which views the visual material. However, problems can arise due to this approach as it always requires real life context where data is ... based on the participant's interpretation moving away from explanation in favour of description (The Open University, 2014). As in all areas of research it is my belief that the final ... method used may inf...

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