Design of the Research

The purpose of the book was to: (1) Explore the attitudes of police officers to Prevention Interviews (PI) of adults. (2) Explore the attitudes of police officers to PI of children. (3). Examine whether the PI should be the responsibility of third sector partners. This chapter explores epistemology, a ‘mixed methods’ quantitative and qualitative approach and the researcher’s role as ‘insider’ (at the time of study). The choice of electronic nationwide survey is justified, and how the population was decided upon. Question-framing and use of closed multiple-choice, as well as open free text responses will be set out, alongside the use of SPSS to analyse quantitative data, and Nvivo to unpick free text remarks, themed according to (Braun and Clarke, 2006). The value of supervisor interaction and other support is acknowledged. The survey questions appear as an appendix. There was a separate ethical approval process documented elsewhere.