Crossing that Yellow Line: Obtaining Access to Police Departments

Crossing that Yellow Line: Obtaining Access to Police Departments

Description

Professor Bell's contribution is titled "Crossing that Yellow Line: Obtaining Access to Police Departments".

ISBN

9780759102156 (hb.), 9780759102163 (pbk.), 9780585463896 (ebook)

Publication Date

2003

Publisher

AltaMira Press

City

Walnut Creek, CA

Keywords

Social Sciences, Fieldwork

Disciplines

Law | Sociology

Comments

Bell, Jeannine, Martha Feldman, and Michelle Tracy Berger, eds. Gaining Access: A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Qualitative Researchers. AltaMira Press, 2003.

Gaining access is a critical part of doing research, not only because one must "get in" in order to gain information, but also because the quality of access affects what information is available to the researcher. Despite its importance, the literature on qualitative methods has not yet provided an extensive treatment of this issue. Gaining Access fills the void by offering useful, prescriptive advice on how to successfully enter different field settings for interviewing and observation. The detailed methodological guidelines presented by the authors are reinforced in a set of case studies by expert researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds on a wide variety of formal and informal settings, from working with ethnic minorities in Bosnia to studying prisons, sex workers, welfare offices, and the clergy. This book will provide useful ideas to experienced qualitative researchers as well as invaluable advice to novices conducting their first study.

Full bibliographic details available here.

Copies available in the Jerome Hall Law Library, H62 .G235 2003

Crossing that Yellow Line: Obtaining Access to Police Departments

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