36 participants (evenly split between whether younger or older than 18)
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Research Method
Interview
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Aim
To answer the question “why did young people get involved in the riots?”
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Procedure
Participants were interviewed five weeks after the riots had taken place. Researchers gained full informed consent and participants were reassured of confidentiality and anonymity. Participants were interviewed individually or in groups- two or four
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Findings
Researchers categorised four different types of involvement- watchers, rioters, looters, non- involved. There was also found to be different factors that made people likely or less likely (nudge factor or tug factors) to get involved.
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Findings
These were divided into dispositional factors and situational factors. For, example having poor job prospects was found to be a dispositional, nudge factor, where as friends not being involved was a situational Tug factor.
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Conclusions
People were influenced by what they though were right or wrong and if the benefits outweighed the risks.
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Limitations
the study cannot be generalised, as the researchers had to recruit a high number of participants who had been sent to prison (since they didn’t have time to build trust). Therefore, there was no representative of all people who took part in the riots
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Limitations
Participants are likely to have given socially desirable answers, since they were being asked about crimes that they had potentially been committed. They could have down played their role or may have also exaggerated their involvement, lacks validity
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Limitations
People’s memories of events aren’t always correct. Retrospective data was used as participants were interviewed five weeks after the event. This again threatens validity.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Interview
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Research Method
Card 3
Front
To answer the question “why did young people get involved in the riots?”
Back
Card 4
Front
Participants were interviewed five weeks after the riots had taken place. Researchers gained full informed consent and participants were reassured of confidentiality and anonymity. Participants were interviewed individually or in groups- two or four
Back
Card 5
Front
Researchers categorised four different types of involvement- watchers, rioters, looters, non- involved. There was also found to be different factors that made people likely or less likely (nudge factor or tug factors) to get involved.
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