Research Methods

Examples

Observation 1 needle sharing / HIV study in the USA

Participant Observation – Howard Parker “A View from the Boys”

Martín Sánchez-Jankowski: Cracks in the Pavement – gang study

Covert non-participation observation: “Researching White Supremacists online” Ed Pollock Internet Journal of Criminology

Surveys 1 – illegal music downloading Surveys 2 – Fall in crime figures survey from BCS

Opinion Polls 1 – article from Guardian on public perception of crime

Opinion Polls 2 - Public Perception of organised crime

Interviews, structured and unstructured – Interviewing in Qualitative Research (academic paper)

Longitudinal survey 1 – “Male crime and rising female employment”. Article from Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Longitudinal Survey 2: Juvenile Crime, Aggression and Delinquency After Sexual Abuse