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CAUSAL THEORY AND JUSTIFICATION
1. What causes prisoners to return to crime after they're released?
1a. (Probe, when subject completes initial response) Anything else?
(2. If multiple causes mentioned) Which of these would you say is the major cause of prisoners' returning to crime?
3. How do you know that this is the cause?
3a. (Probe, if necessary) Just to be sure I understand, can you explain exactly how this shows that this is the cause?
4. If you were trying to convince someone else that your view [that this is the cause] is right, what evidence [verbal emphasis] would you give to try to show this?
4a. (Probe, if necessary) Can you be very specific, and tell me some particular facts you could mention to try to convince the person?
5. Is there anything further you could say to help show that what you've said is correct?
6. Is there anything someone could say or do to prove that this is what causes prisoners to return to crime?
7. Can you remember when you began to hold this view?
7a. (If no) Have you believed it for as long as you can remember?
7b. (If yes) Can you remember what it was that led you to believe that this is the cause?
CONTRADICTORY POSITIONS
Suppose now that someone disagreed with your view that this is the cause. What might they say to show that you were wrong?
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