CRIM 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Structured Interview, Focus Group, Group Dynamics
1 Sep 2016
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Qualitative interview: interaction between an interviewer and respondent where interviewer has a general plan of inquiry, including topics to be covered. Interviewer might not have a specific set of questions to be asked in a particular order. Can be thought of as a purposeful conversation. Allows researchers to study more complex processes of the hows involving human perspectives, emotions, and decisions topics appropriate for qualitative interviewing. Qualitative interviews can be the sole way of gathering data in some kinds of criminal justice studies. Allows the researcher to understand the subjects" perspectives. Can gather first hand accounts of their impressions and their lived experience. Can be used to understand how people feel about their roles and identities types of qualitative interviewing. Structured interview schedule consists of predetermined questions and answer sets. Structured interviews create standardized response so respondents are given the same stimulus, allowing for responses to be compared.
