Exam 7: Participant Observation and Case Studies

Some researchers feel that social science and criminal justice research have been over-dependent on the artificial elements of questionnaires,interviews,and experimental settings.

One important practice that is essential in field studies is the keeping of extensive and detailed __________ or diaries.

Which of the following refers to the basic canon of research;approach to subject matter from an unbiased,ethically neutral,or value-free perspective?

Identify and discuss the primary arguments that have been presented against quantitative studies such as surveys and experiments in criminal justice.

Which of the following refers to a form of photo interviewing in which taking photos gives people a photo voice by later discussion of particular needs or problems illustrated by these photos?

Going native is the tendency of observers to under-identify with groups.

__________ involves giving respondents cameras and asking them to take pictures that are then explored in subsequent interviews.

Which of the following refers to the tendency of observers to over-identify with groups?

Major disadvantages to participant observation include which of the following?

__________ is the basic cannon of research;approach to subject matter from an unbiased,ethically neutral,or value-free perspective

Complete participation takes place when the researcher not only joins in,but actually begins to manipulate the direction of,group activity.

__________ represents a commitment to a sensitizing or verstehen strategy in which the researcher attempts to actually experience the life conditions of the study group.

Which of the following are considered target populations of criminal justice research and have been subject to a variety of methodological analyses?

The types of researcher observation include complete participation,participant as observer,observer as participant,and complete observation.

Identify and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of participant observation.

Reflexive photography involves giving respondents cameras and asking them to take pictures that are then explored in subsequent interviews.

Which of the following,in either instrument or the analysis,can produce inaccurate results?

__________ refers to a variety of strategies in which the researcher studies a group in its natural setting by observing its activities and,to varying degrees,participating in its activities.

Which of the following refers to in-depth,qualitative studies of one or a few illustrative cases?

Which of the following refers to Weber's notion that researchers understand a group by immersing themselves in the world of the group?