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An ethnographer undergoes policy academy training to learn how police recruits are socialized into the culture of law enforcement. The other recruits and trainers know he/she is conducting research. What type of ethnographic observational role is this? Complete observer Observer-as-participant Peripheral-member researcher Active-member researcher Complete-member researcher

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Active-member research

Step-by-step explanation:

An ethnographic analysis is one that results from ethnographic research, a qualitative approach in which researchers immerse themselves entirely in the life, community or circumstance they are researching.

The purpose of ethnographic research is to try to understand what happens naturally in the setting and to analyze the data collected in order to see what implications might be extracted from the data.

Here, the ethnographer undergoes policy academy training just to learn how police recruits are socialized into the culture of law enforcement. He relates to the ACTIVE-MEMBER RESEARCHER ethnographic observational role. He had to be fully into the system and also actively work with them, in order to get forst hand informations and observations.

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