Using the participatory approach of World Café with adaptions to capture crime experiences and crime prevention solutions in the UK

This chapter describes the participatory research methodology of world café and its suitability to researching with young people. Consideration is given to ethical practice of parental consent, anonymity, sensitive questioning, ‘social relation’ effects, participant honesty, safeguarding and referrals to support agencies when research is conducted with multiple participants at a data collection event. The world café methodology is described with considerations to its advantages and limitations and an adapted model is presented. Data quality is discussed along with how best to present findings and how data can be used for change activism, which is a fundamental principal of participatory research. The chapter reflects on a world café race hate crime and race hate extremism research project with young people in the UK to enable readers to visualise world café in action.