Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology

Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology

von: Olga Petintseva, Rita Faria, Yarin Eski

Palgrave Pivot, 2019

ISBN: 9783030330002 , 174 Seiten

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Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology


 

Preface

5

Contents

8

List of Tables

9

List of Text Boxes

10

1 Introduction

11

1.1 Introduction

12

References

16

2 Interviewing ‘the Powerful’ in Crime and Crime Control

18

2.1 Introduction

18

2.2 Conceptual Issues: Who Are the ‘Powerful’, ‘Elites’ and ‘Experts’?

19

2.2.1 ‘Experts’

19

2.2.2 ‘Elites’

20

2.2.3 ‘The Powerful’ (In Crime and Crime Control)

24

2.3 Particularities of Qualitative Interviews with the Powerful

27

2.4 Why Interview the Powerful?

31

2.5 Core Readings

33

References

33

3 Interview Models and Researcher’s Self-Positioning

37

3.1 Introduction

37

3.2 Informal and Ethnographic Interviews

42

3.3 Doxastic Interviews

46

3.4 Looking Glass: Researcher as a Peer

47

3.5 Active Interviewing

52

3.5.1 Epistemic Interviewing

54

3.5.2 ‘Light’ Socratic Dialogues as a Variation of Epistemic Interviewing

56

3.5.2.1 Shifts and Porous Distinctions Between Epistemic and Doxastic Modes

58

3.5.2.2 Types of Topics to Discuss During (Light) Socratic Interviews

59

3.5.2.3 Attentiveness to the Research Context and Interaction

60

3.5.2.4 Interviewer as Critic

61

3.6 Core Readings

62

References

62

4 Their Reign, Their Game? Accessing the Powerful

67

4.1 Introduction

68

4.2 Sampling

69

4.3 Gaining Access

75

4.4 Maintaining Access

90

4.5 Core Readings

95

References

96

5 Prepare, Prepare, Prepare

99

5.1 Introduction

99

5.2 Gaining Insights in the Setting and Its Ongoing Debates

101

5.3 Constructing a Topic List

104

5.4 Probing and Elicitation

110

5.5 Core Readings

111

References

111

6 Conducting the Interview

113

6.1 Introduction

114

6.2 Gaining Trust and Building Rapport

115

6.3 Dealing with Questions and Assumptions About Your Knowledge and Views

121

6.4 Ethics During the Interview Interaction

123

6.5 Language, Jargon, Body Language, Attitude

127

6.6 Getting into Sensitive Topics and Past Corporate Answers

131

6.7 Physical Setting

134

6.7.1 The Interview Venue

134

6.7.2 Interviewing in the Online and Off-Line World

139

6.8 Core Readings

141

References

141

7 Making Sense of the Data

145

7.1 Introduction

145

7.2 Transcribing and Coding

146

7.3 Researcher as a Situated Actor

150

7.4 Assessing Data Quality

151

7.4.1 Authenticity

152

7.4.2 Transparency

155

7.4.3 Consistency/Coherence

156

7.4.4 Triangulation

157

7.5 Ethics in Analysis and Reporting

161

7.6 Leaving the Field and Getting Back to Participants

165

7.7 Presenting Your Findings

167

7.8 Core Readings

168

References

169

Index

173