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This paper shows that the internet is a valuable tool to expand a researcher's access to potential respondents. It shows that, when designed well, internet recruitment can result in broader respondent pools that, nonetheless, yield good results. It also discusses the costs and difficulties of traditional methods that online recruitment can overcome.

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As more people are connected to the internet, it should become more commonplace to recruit respondents online. This paper provides a methodology on how to do so and considerations of potential problems.

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This page is a summary of: Using the Internet to Recruit Respondents for Offline Interviews in Criminological Studies, Urban Affairs Review, December 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1078087417740430.
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