Theory And Methods Theorists

Question 1

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 1

Used unstructured interviews to research domestic violence and found they could build a rapport with interviewee

Question 2

Oakley

Answer 2

When researching motherhood as a mother she found it difficult to remain detached when interviewing

Question 3

Stages of participant observation: getting in. Fairhust

Answer 3

When she was hospitalised she used this as an opportunity to study being a patient

Question 4

Stages of participant observation: staying in. Punch

Answer 4

Was trying to be accepted to the Amsterdam police he started acting as a policeman

Question 5

Stages of participant observation: getting out. Patrick

Answer 5

He covertly researched a Glasgow gang but was so disturbed by the violence he left abruptly

Question 6

Whyte- participant observation

Answer 6

His study took him 4 years- time consuming

Question 7

Laud Humphrey’s tea room trade

Answer 7

Studied gay men’s encounters in public toilets and found “there is only one way to watch highly discreditable behaviour and that is to pretend to be in the same boat as those engaging in it”

Question 8

Covert observations- Ditton

Answer 8

Studied bread delivery men and had to use toilets to record findings which aroused suspicions