NCJ Number
232848
Journal
Aggression and Violent Behavior Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Dated: November/December 2010 Pages: 399-409
Date Published
December 2010
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This paper applies an ethical framework developed by Ward and Syversen (2009) to help with ethical decisionmaking in research contexts, particularly in the areas of forensic and correctional research.
Abstract
It is surprising that while the literature on ethical issues associated with social science research is burgeoning and becoming increasingly sophisticated very few papers have been written on the ethics of forensic or correctional research. The literature that exists is disappointingly narrow and superficial, and relies on professional ethical codes to a considerable degree. In this paper we present an ethical framework developed by Ward and Syversen to help with ethical decisionmaking in research contexts. We then discuss some of the specific ethical challenges for researchers working in forensic and correctional domains, and consider how best to deal with ethical problems drawing from this framework. The aim will be to provide researchers with some general ideas of how to proceed tin certain situations rather than come up with a final set of answers to every conceivable problem. (Published Abstract) References