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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366572803321

Autore

Petintseva Olga

Titolo

Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology / / by Olga Petintseva, Rita Faria, Yarin Eski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-33000-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

364.072

Soggetti

Criminology

Research

Sociology—Research

Police

Public safety

Corrections

Punishment

Research Methods in Criminology

Research Methodology

Policing

Crime Control and Security

Prison and Punishment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Interviewing ‘The Powerful’ In Crime And Crime Control -- 3. Interview Models And Researcher’s Self-Positioning -- 4. Their Reign, Their Game? Accessing The Powerful -- 5. Prepare, Prepare, Prepare -- 6. Conducting The Interview -- 7. Making Sense Of The Data.

Sommario/riassunto

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.