Criminal Justice Research Ethics
Ethics in Research When people think of ethics, the word values or moral principals comes to mind. People tend to imagine the reasoning between right and wrong. Ethics in research is very important through the whole process of collected data, processing data, and analyzing and distributing the data to conduct a successful research. The role of research in the Criminal Justice Systems helps to gain an understanding of the human behavior, morals are needed and researchers must be credible and remain unbiased to get valid research.
Steps to Assure Ethical Practices in Criminal Justice Research The first step to assure ethical practices in criminal justice research is for a person preparing to do Criminal Justice Research to become aware of …show more content…
The college students were assigned as prisoners and guards. There were seventy-five volunteers that were put through interviews and psychological tests and only twenty-one were picked who seem to be the most normal, average, and healthy (O’Toole, 1996). The Stanford Prison Experiment had two very important ethical questions. The participants were not fully informed of the research. Deceiving participant is unethical in Criminal Justice Research. A researcher cannot conduct a research and only tell participants half of the research (Maxfield,& Babbie, 2015, pp. 28-34). The guards were also told that the research was only about the prisoners. Another issue is that the guards were allowed to make up their own rules when dealing with the prisoners during the study. Allowing the guards the power to create their own rules for prisoners made them become very …show more content…
The objectivity is to strive to avoid bias throughout the research. The researcher needs to keep integrity to keep the researchers’ promises and agreement to act with sincerity and strive to act carefully to avoid errors and negligence. Researchers need to share all research and be open to new ideas. The ethics in research are to keep by confidentiality, respect for colleagues and participants, no harm to participants, voluntary participation, and not to deceive (Resnik,
Steps to Assure Ethical Practices in Criminal Justice Research The first step to assure ethical practices in criminal justice research is for a person preparing to do Criminal Justice Research to become aware of …show more content…
The college students were assigned as prisoners and guards. There were seventy-five volunteers that were put through interviews and psychological tests and only twenty-one were picked who seem to be the most normal, average, and healthy (O’Toole, 1996). The Stanford Prison Experiment had two very important ethical questions. The participants were not fully informed of the research. Deceiving participant is unethical in Criminal Justice Research. A researcher cannot conduct a research and only tell participants half of the research (Maxfield,& Babbie, 2015, pp. 28-34). The guards were also told that the research was only about the prisoners. Another issue is that the guards were allowed to make up their own rules when dealing with the prisoners during the study. Allowing the guards the power to create their own rules for prisoners made them become very …show more content…
The objectivity is to strive to avoid bias throughout the research. The researcher needs to keep integrity to keep the researchers’ promises and agreement to act with sincerity and strive to act carefully to avoid errors and negligence. Researchers need to share all research and be open to new ideas. The ethics in research are to keep by confidentiality, respect for colleagues and participants, no harm to participants, voluntary participation, and not to deceive (Resnik,