ABSTRACT
One of the central ideas of this book has been the importance of ‘real life’ research in crime and justice, the focus being on the various methods that others have used, with their advantages and pitfalls. To this end a number of established researchers were interviewed to elicit their views on their own practice, and to allow them to reflect and hopefully suggest some ways around some of the common things that go wrong when ‘real life’ intervenes. The interviews have illustrated various methods that are commonly used in criminology, without suggesting, of course, that the full range of possibilities has been explored. They give explanations of the studies the interviewees have undertaken, with excerpts and references to the work they have done.
