In-depth interviews are a versatile form of qualitative data collection used by researchers
across the social sciences. They allow individuals to explain, in their own words, how they …

The conventions ethnographers follow to gather, write about, and store their data are
increasingly out of sync with contemporary research expectations and social life. Despite …

From two experts in the field comes an accessible, how-to guide that will help researchers
think more productively about the relation between theory and data at every stage of their …

A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis. In-
depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but …

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state
prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In …

Autoethnography is a widely applied qualitative research method to examine self-
experience in relation to life events, and also situated experiences in cultural and …

On a warm September eve ning in 2012, eighteen-year-old Joseph Coleman rode a bike
down a tree-lined street on Chicago's South Side. A nondescript Ford sedan slowly …

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly
updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to …

Transparency is once again a central issue of debate across types of qualitative research.
Work on how to conduct qualitative data analysis, on the other hand, walks us through the …

Drawing on over 8 million eviction court records from twenty-eight states, this study shows
the role that eviction filings play in extracting monetary sanctions from tenants. In so doing, it …