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Critically evaluate the method used in Einat, T. and Davidian, M. (2018)…
Critically evaluate the method used in Einat, T. and Davidian, M. (2018) “‘There is no Sincerer Love Than the Love for Food’ (George
Bernard Shaw,1903): The Meaning of Food and its Uses in Prison Subculture,
In what ways is the method used in the study appropriate given the research topic, research
participants and the aims of the study?
TOPIC
Semi structured interviews are appropriate because offer a in depth and detailed account for the situation
In this case, SSI allow for the rseacrhers to fully understand how pps are affected by prison food and their account for how i is used.
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SSI allow for trends to be noticed as data is qualitative and so content analysis can be used to look for patterns
Flexible and so can find out more information by asking more questions, gaining multiple perspectives on the topic.
Experience rather than stats reveals emotions and the more symbolic meaning of food in prisons which is the topic
PARTICIPANTS
Using a small sample means more in depth and detailed data, higher accuracy and validity
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More appropriate than focus groups as pps may feel more at ease about opening up id they do not feel they are being judged
Safer, more closed environment so pps way talk more about their lived experiences which produces richer data.
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To dispute language barriers, and potential miscommunication, interviewers were conscious of stopping and clarifying as well as sticking to an interview structure
AIMS
Qualitative data and interviews are personal and tailored to the participant wich means we can fully understand how the prisoners see the food being used
Can understand the prisoners use of food, e.g. meaning and functions for the prisoners
Can get the prisoners perspectives on how the staff handle food and how they use it for power, control and manipulation
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Ethnographic elements and follows some aims - to give a qualitative data set and to get understanding of multiple lived experiences.
What limitations and issues does the method have in relation to the research topic, research
participants and the aims of the study?
PARTICIPANTS
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Unrepresentative - only aged in 30s - ignorant to other age groups such as early 20s or late teens or eve older 65+.
Only looks at men - Gender bias - does not account for how food affects women in prison - women often have different relationships with food.
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The interviewers should be as neutral as possible and should not try to pry information - There is room for unconscious bias in these interviews
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Language barriers - not all participants may be fluent in the researchers language and so data may not be fully accurate
there may be miscommunication between researcher and participant and they may not understand what they are being asked
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TOPIC
Using semi structured interviews means small amounts of data are collected which means we need many participants which is highly time consuming
This impacts the amount of data collected and the reliability of the results, this means for the topic we cannot be sure how food really is being used in prisons as we do not have enoughe evidence
Some accounts may be incomplete which affects the findings and therefore the topic, since they were released 1-3 months prior to research, their memory may have faded - poor temporal validity
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Impacts
Impacts On Data
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Fear of harm is data is leaked impacts validity of data as pps may lie or down play th extent of reality in the prisons.
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Impacts in society
Without a larger sample size and without variation in gender, society does not know how women respond to food in prison and the effects of it, meaning we cannot improve female prisons in the same way.
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Impacts on future
Without knowing the consequences in a female prison, we cannot improve prisons in the future and stop the manipulation of prisoners through food.
Positive impact on the future of male prisons, we can understand how food is used to manipulate and intercept it
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Ethics
- Ethical issues in the use of in-depth
interviews: literature review and discussion - uncover details of the participants experience that may not be accessible in other methods e.g. closed questionnaires , privacy is a issue and is hard to guarantee, researcher should reassure throughout the interview, researcher should be sensitive and not expose the interviewees. Researcher should not get overly involved. Be careful not to quote too much in data to not put anonymity at risk.
1.Ethical Data Collection and Recognizing the Impact of
Semi-Structured Interviews on Research Respondents - reflection encouraged - participants not required to speak to interviewer after interview to obtain anonymity, informed consent is vital, pps should be assured of anonymity
- Ethical consideration dilemma:
systematic review of ethics in
qualitative data collection
through interviews
Method
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The candidates were 20 male ex-convicts who had been released 1-3 months prior to research. Aged between 30-37. Imprisoned in max security prisons
Religion plays a huge role on food and so multiple religions were tested and researched. For example, Muslims, 11 were jews, 9 muslim.
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