Qualitative Research Methods
in Criminology

Crim 321 - Fall 2022

[Last updated 01 December 2022]
Start by hitting your "reload" icon to ensure you are looking at the most recent version of this page

08 September	Organizational Meeting * Course Syllabus * Term Research Project Guidelines * The first tutorials will be held next week * Read Chapter 1 from the text: “Introduction to the Book”
15 September	Understanding Qualitative Approaches * Read Chapter 2 from text: "The Nature of Qualitative Research and Our Approach" * Study questions for Chapter 2 * Read Becker: “How I learned what a ‘crock’ was” * Study questions for Becker's "crocks" article * PowerPoint slides from 15 September
22 September	Understanding Qualitative Approaches cont’d * Read Chapter 3 from text: “Qualitative Research Design” * Study questions for Chapter 3 * PowerPoint slides from 22 September
29 September	Research Ethics * Read Chapter 5 from text: " Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research" * Study questions for Chapter 5 * SFU Ethics Policy * Code of Ethics of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences * Power Point slides from 29 September
06 October	Sampling & Recruitment * Read Chapter 6 from text: “Sampling and Participant Recruitment” * Study questions for Chapter 6 * Read Palys (2008): Purposive sampling * Your oral history proposal is due by today * Power Point slides for 06 October
13 October	Oral History * Read Hesse-Biber & Leavy (2011): "Oral History" * Read Borland: That’s Not What I Said: Interpretive Conflict in Oral Narrative Research * Study questions for Borland’s “Not What I Said” article * An example student project by Ivers (2016): “What About Equality?”: Women’s Experience in the Stó:lō Community * Power Point slides from 13 October
20 October	Mid-Term Exam based on lectures from beginning of semester to end of 13 October plus Chapters 2, 3, 5, and 6 from text plus Becker, Borland, Hesse-Biber & Leavy and Palys readings Tutorials cancelled for this week only
27 October	Surveys and Interviews * Read Chapter 7 from text: "In-Depth Interviews" * Study questions for Chapter 7 * Power Point slides from 27 October
03 November	Interviews and Focus Groups * Read Chapter 8 from text: "Focus Group Discussions" * Study questions for Chapter 8 * Power Point slides from 03 November * From lecture slides: * Berg's 10 Commandments of Interviewing * Questions or Tests to Pose When Critically Analyzing Perceptual Evidence * Relations Between the Assumptions You can Make and the Form of Interview that is Most Appropriate
10 November	From Observation to Ethnography * Read Chapter 9 from text: "Observation" * Study questions for Chapter 9 * Power Point slides from 10 November * Video: Ross Kemp on Gangs in Rio
17 November	Participatory Approaches: Action Research and PAR * Read Chapter 4 from the text: “Designing Participatory Research” * Study questions for Chapter 4 * Power Point slides from 17 November
24 November	Analyzing Your Data * Read Chapter 10 from the text: “Data Preparation and Developing Codes” * Study questions for Chapter 10 * Dr. Jarek Kriukow: Coding and thematic analysis explained in 5 minutes * Introduction to NVivo * Power Point slides from 24 November
01 December	Writing a Qualitative Research Report * Read Chapter 13 from the text: “Academic Writing of Qualitative Research” * An interview-based study by Patricia Ratel * Power Point slides from 01 December
05 December	Term Research Project due. Late papers lose 10% per day. Guidelines for your Oral History Research Project
15 December	Final Exam based on lectures from 27 October to end of 01 December plus Chapters 7, 8, 9, 4, and 10 (but NOT chapters 11, 12 or 13) from text plus Berg reading. There will be nothing from the Ratel paper on the exam. Start time is 08:30 AM in AQ 3181

Stay tuned for further links as the course progresses.