What Is Ethical Research?

Throughout the years, scientists have engaged in an array of ethically questionable research endeavors possessing dubious scientific value or validity. From the Nazi experimental trials to Stanley Milgram to the Tuskegee experiments, scientists have engaged in ethically unsound research in the name of progress or curiosity. The intelligentsia knew they could but failed to ask whether they should.

Identify the key tenets of ethical research used when evaluating criminal justice data and interpreting published research findings. Examine the principles that define ethical research in the field of criminal justice.

Your initial post should be at least 400 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.

Text

Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.uagc.edu

• Chapter 2: Review of the Literature
• Chapter 3: The Use of Theory
• Chapter 4: Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations

Article

Lowman, J., & Palys, T. (2001). Ethics and law of confidentiality in criminal justice research: A comparison of Canada and the United States, The [article]. International Criminal Justice Review, 11(1), 1-33. doi: 10.1177/105756770101100101

• The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the SAGE Journals Online database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. This article will provide students with additional background information that will assist them in the development of their discussion forum posts for this week.