The Ethics and Politics of Crime and Justice Research
In the context of the topic The Ethics and Politics of Crime and Justice Research, answer all the following questions. Give examples and cite references to the text or other resources.
- How do deception and coercion to participate in research conflict with the principle of voluntary consent?
- Explain the ethical issues in the Milgram, Humphreys, and Zimbardo examples.
- What is informed consent, and how does it protect research subjects?
- Describe what an IRB is, and describe the debate about their proper role.
- What is NU’s IRB policy with regard to human subject research?
- Disscussion 2:
- Formulate Your HypothesisIn week one, you identified a topic of interest to you and submitted a proposal on the same. Now, expand on this topic by formulating your hypothesis.
- Identify your independent variable and your dependent variable and express your hypothesis as independent variable and its effect on dependent variable.
Here’s an example to help you formulate your hypothesis:
- There is a correlation between domestic violence (independent variable) and juvenile delinquency (dependent variable)
- There is a correlation between juvenile delinquency (independent variable) and subsequent adult criminality (dependent variable).
- There is a correlation between the California Prison Realignment Act (AB 109) and subsequent overcrowding in the state’s county jails (dependent variable)
*********My hypothesis is the the national incarceration does not affect the nations violent crime rate.************
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