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Interviewing may sound like a simple straightforward task. However, one should not mistake it for casual conversation. Research interviews require preparation and cannot be conducted by everybody who wishes to do them. In fact, different research topics will pose specific requirements for who may be a suitable person to conduct the interview, and how the interview should be preformed. In this chapter we discuss the variety of topics suitable for interviewing with an emphasis on interviewing in criminology and criminal justice research. This chapter further discusses types of interviews, interviewer effect, and types of questions to ask in an interview. In that regard this chapter compliments the previous chapter on the art of question phrasing.
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Gideon, L., Moskos, P. (2012). Interviewing. In: Gideon, L. (eds) Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3876-2_8
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