Author Question: The National Incident Based Reporting System requires detailed data on individual crime incidents ... (Read 59 times)

bobthebuilder · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

The National Incident Based Reporting System requires detailed data on individual crime incidents and arrests using separate reports for each incident/arrest.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Identify and explain the five key features of qualitative research.

What will be an ideal response?

peilian · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Students should identify and explain:
A) Grounded Theory - This is an inductive method meaning that theory is built from data or grounded in the data. It makes qualitative research flexible and lets data and theory interact.
B) The Context is Critical - Qualitative research relies on context for understanding crime and criminal justice phenomena.
C) Bricolage - improvising by drawing on diverse materials that are lying about and using them in creative ways to accomplish a pragmatic task.
D) The Case and Process - Qualitative researchers tend to use a case-oriented approach that places cases, not variables, center stage.
E) Interpretation - to explain the meaning of something.