Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance

Van Rooij, Benjamin, and Melissa Rorie. "Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance." In Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention, edited by Melissa Rorie and Benjamin Van Rooij. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 20

UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-30

19 Pages Posted: 28 May 2021

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Benjamin van Rooij

University of California, Irvine School of Law; University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

Melissa Rorie

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Date Written: May 26, 2021

Abstract

Abstract: One of the core challenges in compliance measurement is to assess and analyze undetected instances of illegal behavior. This chapter discusses interview strategies to best capture such deviant conduct and the factors of influence on it. It discusses two core approaches. First is the informant approach, where multiple rounds of interviews with key informants with deep knowledge of the regulated organization are combined and triangulated to construct a case study of what happened in the organization and what influenced it. Second is the respondent approach, where the same interview is held once with a larger group of similar actors in regulated organizations to understand and compare how these individual actors see compliance and the forces that shape it. The chapter discuses for what purposes each of these approaches is best suited, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how they can best be conducted. Here it shows the importance of a pilot study, proper interview design, and thorough preparation in interview techniques used during the actual interview.

Keywords: Intensive Interviews, Qualitative Methods, Compliance Research, Interview Design, Illegal Behavior, Corporate Compliance, White-Collar Crime

JEL Classification: M10, M14, K10, K20, K23, K42

Suggested Citation

van Rooij, Benjamin and van Rooij, Benjamin and Rorie, Melissa, Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance (May 26, 2021). Van Rooij, Benjamin, and Melissa Rorie. "Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance." In Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention, edited by Melissa Rorie and Benjamin Van Rooij. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 20, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3853762

Benjamin Van Rooij (Contact Author)

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University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Melissa Rorie

University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( email )

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Las Vegas, NV 89154
United States

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