... minds. Ethnomethodogly is essentially a rejection of the global statement as it seeks to access situations in their full context with regard to the precariousness of social life. Ethnomethodology grew out of sociological phenomenology during the 1960's at a time when the establishment was under severe scrutiny. It is associated with with a variety of sociological perspectives (existential sociology, creative sociology, reflective sociology, interactionism and constructionism). It forms part of a tradition of phenomenology formed by Alfred Schutz, the ethnomethodological strand of this discipline was vigorously explored by people such as Harold Garfinkel. It has shown considerable durability in its contribution to the sociology of crime. In criminology, ethnomethodological study is concerned with the practical interpretation of acts with regard to the positions, actions and thoughts of the actors in the crime. To understand a crime one must be able to see the world from the same point of ...

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