NCJ Number
2006
Date Published
1967
Length
358 pages
Annotation
STUDY OF METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH WITH ATTENTION TO THE STATUS, POWER, AND MORAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST'S ROLE IN MODERN SOCIETY.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR TRIES TO SHOW HOW ETHICS AND POLITICS AFFECT THE END PRODUCT OF INVESTIGATION IN TWO MAIN SECTIONS VIEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE AND VIEWS FROM THE INSIDE. ETHICAL PROBLEMS COVERED INCLUDE THOSE OF RESEARCH SPONSORS AND INVESTIGATORS, GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL RESEARCH, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE WICHITA JURY RECORDINGS, INVESTIGATION OF DEVIANCE WITH ITS ETHICAL AND POLITICAL DILEMMAS, PROTECTIVE PROCEDURES IN REPORTING FIELD RESEARCH, AND MANIPULATION OF SUBJECTS, WITH MENTION OF THE HARVARD DRUG CONTROVERSY.