Deception in Research
Introduction:
In a research project, there are many considerations that make up the design and direction of the research study. What is the problem being explored? Will there be human subjects? If there are human subjects, how are they governed and to what degree? For a research study to be valid, researchers must openly disclose the research methods proposed for the study and honesty present the findings of their study. It is for this reason that a true research study contains an entire section devoted to the research methods used. Only when full disclosure of the research methodologies takes place can proper assessment of the validity of the researcher’s findings and the ethics of the methodology be assessed.
The purpose of this discussion is to understand that ethical gray areas exist and fellow researcher may view the same concept very differently. In an effort to highlight varying viewpoints regarding ethics in research, address the following:
Instructions:
- Devise a list of 3–5 ethical violations in criminological research methodology, based on a study other than the Stanford Prison Experiment.
- Analyze whether you would consider each research method a true ethical violation and to what degree.
- Explain whether IRB and ACJS ethical standards are enough to ensure that criminal justice research is conducted using ethical research methods.
Special Instructions:
Create a 1 page essay in APA format according to the instructions above. Use 2 scholarly sources for references. Be sure to utilize in-text citations.
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Deception in Research
Ethical conduct in research processes is highly critical to maintaining the integrity of a research process. Based on the 1961 Milgram’s experiment, deception, protection of participants, and rights to withdraw from an experimental research emerged as the top ethical issues that affect experiment practices (Griggs & Whitehead, 2015).
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