As a researcher, it’s in your interest to develop an in-depth perspective of the daily living of inmates in prisons. To execute this investigation, you need to conduct qualitative interviews of inmates.
- What could be the disadvantages advantages of phone or in-person interviews?
- Would a non-structured or structured interview be most favorable?
- Is this study viable?
- What would be the main limitations?
- What are the ethical issues involved?
- Would you be able to establish empathy with the inmates to reach quality data?
Write a paper, describing your plan for qualitative research, along with your responses to the above questions.
Your paper must be concise, well written, should be 2-3 pages in length (not counting cover and references) and conform to APA guidelines. To support your statements, cite a minimum of 2 scholarly journal sources that are not provided or linked in this course. The Central state library database is very useful to find this type of scholarly sources.
You will be asked to complete 6 written assignments The assignment will be listed under each module. Please double spaced, 12 font, Microsoft Word document. Assignments will not be accepted in “pages” and PDF files. Documents will not be accepted in Works, Wordpad, or Wordperfect. Please do not submit papers in Microsoft Works Word Processor. It will be given a grade of a zero. No excuses. Please make sure you indent your paragraphs, double space your paper and include three sentences a paragraph. Please include an introduction and conclusion. When you make reference to research material in your paper, you must use appropriate source citations as found in the APA Publication Manual. Citing the book and author at the bottom of a posting is not enough. We need to be able to decipher your thoughts from the material. Consequently, please make sure to cite your textbook, cited examples from the Internet or scholarly sources from the library within the text in APA and include your works cited at the end of the post in APA. Please review and utilize the APA Publication Manual. At the top of the paper please indicate your name and then skip a space and address the assignment