NCJ Number
19675
Date Published
1973
Length
302 pages
Annotation
A SUMMARY AND EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE AND EXPERT OPINION ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS THE POLITICS AND BIASES OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, THE EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AND THE POLITICIZATION OF SOCIAL-SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS.
Abstract
THIS WORK FOCUSES ON THE VALUE AND LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SOCIAL RESEARCH. IN MAKING THIS ASSESSMENT, THE AUTHOR DRAWS ON THE RECORD OF SOCIALSCIENCE ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES SINCE WORLD WAR II, THE RESPONSES OF PROMINANT SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO INQUIRIES CONDUCTED FOR CONGRESSMAN REUSS, AND THE WORK OF SUCH BODIES AS THE BRIM COMMISSION AND THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SURVEY COMMITTEE. THE BEGINNING CHAPTERS OF THIS WORK DEAL WITH THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, THE POSITIONS MAJOR SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE ADOPTED, AND THE EFFORTS OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS TO DEVELOP ETHICAL CODES. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE DIFFICULTIES OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND THE LOCATION AND CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT SPONSORED RESEARCH ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. FINALLY, THE OVERT AND IMPLICIT USES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH ARE EXPLORED.