https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/mst/doing-qualitative-research-differently/book239246#descriptionthis book results from our Economic and Social Research Council(ESRC) project on Gender difference, anxiety and the fear of crime(no. L210252018), which was part of the ESRC Crime and Social OrderProgramme, directed by Tim Hope. We thank the ESRC for its financialsupport, especially its willingness to invest in theoretically drivenprojects, and Tim for arranging a variety of stimulating get-togetherswith the other project grant-holders. We are also grateful to RobinHumphrey, who organised the biographical-interpretative methodsworkshop, led by Roswitha Breckner and Bettina Volter. There we firstencountered the approach which we went on to adapt and developinto the free-association narrative interview method. The statisticsdepartment of a local police force was helpful in identifying our highand low-crime locations. Stephen Frosh, our consultant, and MichaelRustin were always helpful and supportive. Dawn Lessels reliably andefficiently managed the painstaking work of transcribing over 80audiotaped interviews. Prue Chamberlayne and the Biography inSocial Policy Unit at the University of East London provided anencouraging forum for testing out some of our ideas. Special thanks aredue to those who read and commented so constructively on our draftmanuscript, namely, Lynn Chancer, David Gadd, the late John HoodWilliams and Tom Wengraf. Finally, we offer sincere thanks to ourinterviewees - Ivy, Tommy, Kelly, Ron, Roger, Joyce, Jane, Fran, Linda,Hassan, Phil, Juliet, June, both Anns (pilot and main group) and allthe others - for the thoughtful generosity of their participation. Wehope we have respected this in the use we have made of their interviewed lives.CONTENTSAcknowledgements1 Introduction: the Need to do Research Differently2 Researching the Fear of Crime3 Producing Data with Defended Subjects4 Analysing Data Produced with Defended Subjects5 The Ethics of Researching Psychosocial Subjects6 Biography, Demography and Generalisability7 A Psychosocial Case StudyAfterwordAppendix: Pro formaReferencesIndexFirst published 2000Wendy Hollway and Tony Jefferson :