I am currently an Assistant Professor in Criminology, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto.
I obtained my PhD in Criminology with the topic of research misconduct and I also research on white-collar crime, elite crime and on the History and Epistemology of Criminology. Address: Escola de Criminologia - Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto
Rua dos Bragas, 223
4050-123 Porto
PORTUGAL
Entrepreneurs create businesses and employment. However, their behaviors might generate negative ... more Entrepreneurs create businesses and employment. However, their behaviors might generate negative outcomes. Since external funding for startups is vital and challenging to get, this ecosystem becomes a breeding ground for unethical behaviors. This paper will explore the association between the tolerance to unethical behaviors and the Dark Triad Traits (DT) of personality, as well as the moderator role of being an entrepreneur in this relationship. For that purpose, 84 entrepreneurs and 112 non-entrepreneurs completed a survey comprising the Dirty Dozen Scale to assess the DT and the new Tolerance to Unethical Behaviors in Entrepreneurship (TUBE) scale which was able to distinguish entrepreneurs from non-entrepreneurs. Findings suggest that entrepreneurs show higher levels of Machiavellianism and tolerance to unethical behaviors than non-entrepreneurs.
Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology, 2019
This chapter presents several interview models that can be applied while conducting interviews wi... more This chapter presents several interview models that can be applied while conducting interviews with the powerful. ‘Informal’ interviewing that often takes place in ethnographic contexts is outlined, as well as the ‘classical’ doxastic interviewing. We then move on to more specific interview models, such as the ‘looking glass’ model, where researcher positions herself or himself as a peer or even as a co-expert, ‘epistemic interviews’, which probe into the foundation for the judgments about situations, and ‘active’ interviewing models, in which the researcher assumes a rather critical role. All of these models will be discussed according to the type of knowledge they generate, interviewer’s self-positioning, the nature of interview interactions and interviewing styles.
From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour expl... more From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour exploitation, European citizens continue to be confronted by serious corporate and white-collar crimes. Presenting an original series of provocative essays, this book offers a European framing of white-collar crime. Experts from different countries foreground what is unique, innovative or different about white-collar and corporate crimes that are so strongly connected to Europe, including the tensions that exist within and between the nation-states of Europe, and within the institutions of the European region. This European voice provides an original contribution to discourses surrounding a form of crime which is underrepresented in current criminological literature.
In this chapter, an account is given of the methodological choices and procedures that enabled th... more In this chapter, an account is given of the methodological choices and procedures that enabled the author to conduct empirical research on research misconduct. A research design mainly centred on qualitative methods was chosen, in contrast to most of the existing current studies using quantitative methodologies. An account of specificities to take into consideration when conducting qualitative studies is given, as well as descriptions of the research design, sampling procedures, and analyses conducted in the study. The challenges encountered when researching one’s own peers and working environment are also described, as well as the solutions found for overcoming such challenges.
In this chapter, the need for a criminological approach to research misconduct is defended. It is... more In this chapter, the need for a criminological approach to research misconduct is defended. It is argued that criminology is especially well prepared, from a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological point of view, to produce empirical knowledge about the topic, and to sustain theories about its causes, processes, and harms, as well as about the formal and informal social reaction to it. Specifically, much of what has been produced about white-collar crime, in its sub-dimensions of occupational and organizational crime, may be applied to the topic of research misconduct. Thus, a promising area of criminological intervention and research is identified and claims are made about the need to be systematically explored.
Results of the empirical research conducted on the topic of research misconduct are presented. It... more Results of the empirical research conducted on the topic of research misconduct are presented. It is argued that the qualitative and grounded analysis undertaken offers insight into what situations interviewees consider to fall under research misconduct or, at least, to be problematic and reproachable. Situations of dubious and fraudulent authorship practices, problematic methodological procedures such as fabrication of data, bias in peer assessment, and conflicts of interest were found. The interviews also revealed the perceived processes and causes enabling such situations to occur. Finally, the convergence of goals such as obtaining recognition and looking for funding showed how individual interpretations of organizational culture may account for research misconduct.
In this chapter the author puts forward reflections on the results obtained with the empirical st... more In this chapter the author puts forward reflections on the results obtained with the empirical study, as well as future research directions that may be enriching for criminology. Research misconduct is considered to be an inspiring topic for white-collar, occupational, and organizational crime scholars. The chapter also provides some wider context for what seem to be the main features of scientific endeavour in the twenty-first century, hoping that it may help to explain further the results described in previous chapters. Across the chapter, considerations about the need for criminological study on research misconduct are entertained, and the social harms caused by it are also addressed.
This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with ‘elite’ ... more This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with ‘elite’ and ‘expert’ persons (or ‘socially prominent actors’), with a focus on criminology and criminal justice. It offers dilemmas and examples of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ practices in order to encourage readers to critically asses their own work. It also addresses methodological issues which include: access, power imbalances, getting past ‘corporate answers’, considerations of whether or not it is at times acceptable to ask leading questions and whether to enter a discussion with a respondent at all. This book will be valuable to students and scholars conducting qualitative research.
Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology, 2019
The chapter enters conceptual discussions on the notions of ‘the powerful’, ‘elites’ and ‘experts... more The chapter enters conceptual discussions on the notions of ‘the powerful’, ‘elites’ and ‘experts’. It discusses what makes elite and expert interviewing specific and why researchers would be interested in conducting qualitative interviews with the powerful, particularly within the study area of criminology. Simultaneously, the chapter highlights how the book intends to overcome a lack of systematic methodological reflection on using interviews with the powerful, when asking them about sensitive issues. The chapter underscores the importance of fostering critical, reflexive and ethical attitudes throughout the entire research process.
Entrepreneurs create businesses and employment. However, their behaviors might generate negative ... more Entrepreneurs create businesses and employment. However, their behaviors might generate negative outcomes. Since external funding for startups is vital and challenging to get, this ecosystem becomes a breeding ground for unethical behaviors. This paper will explore the association between the tolerance to unethical behaviors and the Dark Triad Traits (DT) of personality, as well as the moderator role of being an entrepreneur in this relationship. For that purpose, 84 entrepreneurs and 112 non-entrepreneurs completed a survey comprising the Dirty Dozen Scale to assess the DT and the new Tolerance to Unethical Behaviors in Entrepreneurship (TUBE) scale which was able to distinguish entrepreneurs from non-entrepreneurs. Findings suggest that entrepreneurs show higher levels of Machiavellianism and tolerance to unethical behaviors than non-entrepreneurs.
Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology, 2019
This chapter presents several interview models that can be applied while conducting interviews wi... more This chapter presents several interview models that can be applied while conducting interviews with the powerful. ‘Informal’ interviewing that often takes place in ethnographic contexts is outlined, as well as the ‘classical’ doxastic interviewing. We then move on to more specific interview models, such as the ‘looking glass’ model, where researcher positions herself or himself as a peer or even as a co-expert, ‘epistemic interviews’, which probe into the foundation for the judgments about situations, and ‘active’ interviewing models, in which the researcher assumes a rather critical role. All of these models will be discussed according to the type of knowledge they generate, interviewer’s self-positioning, the nature of interview interactions and interviewing styles.
From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour expl... more From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour exploitation, European citizens continue to be confronted by serious corporate and white-collar crimes. Presenting an original series of provocative essays, this book offers a European framing of white-collar crime. Experts from different countries foreground what is unique, innovative or different about white-collar and corporate crimes that are so strongly connected to Europe, including the tensions that exist within and between the nation-states of Europe, and within the institutions of the European region. This European voice provides an original contribution to discourses surrounding a form of crime which is underrepresented in current criminological literature.
In this chapter, an account is given of the methodological choices and procedures that enabled th... more In this chapter, an account is given of the methodological choices and procedures that enabled the author to conduct empirical research on research misconduct. A research design mainly centred on qualitative methods was chosen, in contrast to most of the existing current studies using quantitative methodologies. An account of specificities to take into consideration when conducting qualitative studies is given, as well as descriptions of the research design, sampling procedures, and analyses conducted in the study. The challenges encountered when researching one’s own peers and working environment are also described, as well as the solutions found for overcoming such challenges.
In this chapter, the need for a criminological approach to research misconduct is defended. It is... more In this chapter, the need for a criminological approach to research misconduct is defended. It is argued that criminology is especially well prepared, from a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological point of view, to produce empirical knowledge about the topic, and to sustain theories about its causes, processes, and harms, as well as about the formal and informal social reaction to it. Specifically, much of what has been produced about white-collar crime, in its sub-dimensions of occupational and organizational crime, may be applied to the topic of research misconduct. Thus, a promising area of criminological intervention and research is identified and claims are made about the need to be systematically explored.
Results of the empirical research conducted on the topic of research misconduct are presented. It... more Results of the empirical research conducted on the topic of research misconduct are presented. It is argued that the qualitative and grounded analysis undertaken offers insight into what situations interviewees consider to fall under research misconduct or, at least, to be problematic and reproachable. Situations of dubious and fraudulent authorship practices, problematic methodological procedures such as fabrication of data, bias in peer assessment, and conflicts of interest were found. The interviews also revealed the perceived processes and causes enabling such situations to occur. Finally, the convergence of goals such as obtaining recognition and looking for funding showed how individual interpretations of organizational culture may account for research misconduct.
In this chapter the author puts forward reflections on the results obtained with the empirical st... more In this chapter the author puts forward reflections on the results obtained with the empirical study, as well as future research directions that may be enriching for criminology. Research misconduct is considered to be an inspiring topic for white-collar, occupational, and organizational crime scholars. The chapter also provides some wider context for what seem to be the main features of scientific endeavour in the twenty-first century, hoping that it may help to explain further the results described in previous chapters. Across the chapter, considerations about the need for criminological study on research misconduct are entertained, and the social harms caused by it are also addressed.
This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with ‘elite’ ... more This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with ‘elite’ and ‘expert’ persons (or ‘socially prominent actors’), with a focus on criminology and criminal justice. It offers dilemmas and examples of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ practices in order to encourage readers to critically asses their own work. It also addresses methodological issues which include: access, power imbalances, getting past ‘corporate answers’, considerations of whether or not it is at times acceptable to ask leading questions and whether to enter a discussion with a respondent at all. This book will be valuable to students and scholars conducting qualitative research.
Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology, 2019
The chapter enters conceptual discussions on the notions of ‘the powerful’, ‘elites’ and ‘experts... more The chapter enters conceptual discussions on the notions of ‘the powerful’, ‘elites’ and ‘experts’. It discusses what makes elite and expert interviewing specific and why researchers would be interested in conducting qualitative interviews with the powerful, particularly within the study area of criminology. Simultaneously, the chapter highlights how the book intends to overcome a lack of systematic methodological reflection on using interviews with the powerful, when asking them about sensitive issues. The chapter underscores the importance of fostering critical, reflexive and ethical attitudes throughout the entire research process.
Call for papers: European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control 45th Annual Conferen... more Call for papers: European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control 45th Annual Conference: "Uncovering Harms: States, corporations and organizations as criminals"
FEAR AND LOOTING IN THE PERIPHERY. An approach to (and from) the south(s) - Stream. Criminological and socio-legal analysis of criminalization and/or punitive processes under the current debtocratic regimes – from a conflictual perspective, either 'approaching the South' or 'approaching a global conflict from the South'. - Main approaches: Critical perspectives and debates on the terms ‘peripheral’ and ‘South’ - Categorising the ‘Souths’ through economic exceptionalism Crimes and social harm in the traditional or ‘new’ debtocratic colonies 2 common axes: a/ 'criminal' policies [production, regulation and administration of social harm] b/ ‘penal’ / punitive policies [management, control, prosecution and penalisation].
From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour expl... more From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour exploitation, European citizens continue to be confronted by serious corporate and white-collar crimes.
Presenting an original series of provocative essays, this book offers a European framing of white-collar crime. Experts from different countries foreground what is unique, innovative or different about white-collar and corporate crimes that are so strongly connected to Europe, including the tensions that exist within and between the nation-states of Europe, and within the institutions of the European region.
This European voice provides an original contribution to discourses surrounding a form of crime which is underrepresented in current criminological literature.
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FEAR AND LOOTING IN THE PERIPHERY.
An approach to (and from) the south(s) - Stream.
Criminological and socio-legal analysis of criminalization and/or punitive processes under the current debtocratic regimes – from a conflictual perspective, either 'approaching the South' or 'approaching a global conflict from the South'.
- Main approaches: Critical perspectives and debates on the terms ‘peripheral’ and ‘South’
- Categorising the ‘Souths’ through economic exceptionalism Crimes and social harm in the traditional or ‘new’ debtocratic colonies
2 common axes:
a/ 'criminal' policies [production, regulation and administration of social harm]
b/ ‘penal’ / punitive policies [management, control, prosecution and penalisation].
Presenting an original series of provocative essays, this book offers a European framing of white-collar crime. Experts from different countries foreground what is unique, innovative or different about white-collar and corporate crimes that are so strongly connected to Europe, including the tensions that exist within and between the nation-states of Europe, and within the institutions of the European region.
This European voice provides an original contribution to discourses surrounding a form of crime which is underrepresented in current criminological literature.