26 Jan This ethical principle

Exam 1

Question 1

Houston is having an issue with theft, so the Mayor decides that the only way to reduce theft in the city is to increase the penalty for theft in hopes to deter potential thieves. The City Council agreed to increase the penalty for theft. However, thefts continued to increase around the city. Which of the following alternatives to research is the Mayor using?

Question 2

What type of research is often necessary when we know very little about a new or emerging social trend?

Question 3

“A recent proposal by the Bigton Police Department is to not dispatch officers to take stolen vehicle reports. Instead the vehicle owner would enter the appropriate information into an online system and get the case number needed to file an insurance claim. The City Manager rejects the proposal, arguing, “”The good people of Bigton deserve a living and breathing police officer when they call one. That is just the way we ve always done things around here.”” Which of the following alternatives to research is the City Manager using?”

Question 4

The Captain of the Narcotics Unit in a large metropolitan police department hears that prescription drug abuse is growing among juveniles in her city. She asks one of her lieutenants to conduct research to determine the extent of this new trend. Into which of the following research categories would this research project best fit?

Question 5

“Because the steps must be completed in a certain order, the research process is; ”

Question 6

“Because researchers often find it necessary to revisit the steps, the research process is; ”

Question 7

“Because research often results in additional questions for future research, the research process is; ”

Question 8

What is the potential harm when a criminal justice researcher interviews violent criminal offenders in their home?

Question 9

“What is the potential harm when a researcher asks respondents to disclose their names, addresses and information on their criminal behavior? ”

Question 10

What is the potential harm when an interview asks young sexual assault victims to recount the details of their victimization?

Question 11

“When it is not possible for anybody, including the researcher, to determine the identities of the research subjects using the information they provide on a survey, we say that research subjects have been granted; ”

Question 12

When a researcher knows but agrees not to disclose her research subjects´ identities she has likely assured them of;

Question 13

Researchers should secure consent from research subjects prior to gathering information from them. This consent must be both;

Question 14

“Which of the following groups of research subjects would be considered a vulnerable population, requiring a more detailed review by an Institutional Review Board? ”

Question 15

Researchers who intend to gather information from human subjects should seek the approval for their research from an Institutional Review Board;

Question 16

Research means…

Question 17

If you rely on expert opinion about a criminal justice issue, what alternative to research are you using?

Question 18

Compared to the physical sciences, like biology, chemistry, or physics, research methods in social sciences, like criminal justice, sociology, or economics are:

Question 19

Conceptualization is…

Question 20

Operationalization is…

Question 21

What is a statement, written in the form of a rule or guideline, about what the data must reveal for the researcher to confirm his or her hypothesis?

Question 22

The purpose of the Stanford Prison Experiment was to…

Question 23

The Stanford Prison Experiment was developed by which researcher?

Question 24

What research project was discussed in the PowerPoint and video that specifically dealt with legal harm to its participants?

Question 25

If you’re conducting field observations of gang members in a high crime area and you assign two graduate students to hang out with the gang members in the high crime areas, what is the potential ethical violation here?

Question 26

This codifies statements of principles that guide professional behavior or practice:

Question 27

A researcher conducting research to determine if low self-esteem is a cause of crime, is best described as a(n):

Question 28

To understand the changing demographic characteristics of juvenile offenders, a researcher will survey a random sample of 1,000 juvenile offenders every 5 years over the next 15 years. What is the time dimension of this research project?

Question 29

A researcher will conduct a survey of 100 women who are victims of domestic violence to determine the circumstances surrounding their decision to call the police for help. What is the time dimension of this research project?

Question 30

After observing their behavior for several months, a researcher theorized that correctional officers become personally detached from inmates as a means of reducing the stress associated with their professional responsibilities. What method of reasoning is this researcher using?

Question 31

Because the research suggests that police officers are more likely as a group to experience alcoholism, the chief of police concluded that Officer Smith’s recent illness was likely caused by his excessive drinking. Which type of logical error did the chief of police commit?

Question 32

After completing research on crimes committed by girls, a researcher concludes that when girls commit crimes, they do not consider their behavior criminal. Instead they consider their behavior a normal response to social inequality. What research paradigm is this researcher following?

Question 33

A criminal justice professor does a lot of research on the effect of poverty on juvenile delinquency. She hopes to use her research findings to provide information on how to structure poverty reduction programs. What research paradigm is this research following?

Question 34

The time dimension of a survey given to college freshman every year for 10 years is:

Question 35

A researcher who objectively measures age by the number of anniversaries of a person’s birthdate isusing what type of measure?

Question 36

A researcher who subjectively measures age based on responses to questions about economic and social independence is using what type of measure?

Question 37

A researcher who theorizes that Southerners are more violent and then collects data to test this theory is using what type of reasoning?

Question 38

A researcher who notices that Southerners appear to be more aggressive and develops a theory that Southerners are more violent is using what type of reasoning?

Question 39

There is only one ‘best way’ to conduct research.

Question 40

The research process is a set of specific steps that, when done correctly, produce data.

Question 41

The four objectives of the research process are to answer a research question or a set of research questions, resolve disagreements among researchers, fill gaps within the body of knowledge, and produce more research questions.

Question 42

Research questions are statements that make some claim.

Question 43

Which type of research describes a social phenomena?

Question 44

Which type of research attempts to find a cause for social trends and phenomena, it asks ‘why?’?

Question 45

What type of research is conducted for the purpose of expanding the body of knowledge?

Question 46

What type of research is intended to collect the information necessary to solve a specific problem?

Question 47

This ethical principle means that during the research process the researcher should never do anything that will hurt another person or put any person in danger

Question 48

Which principle of ethical research states that researchers should respect an individual’s right to be left alone and ensure that the personal information of research subjects will not be inappropriately divulged?

Question 49

Which principle of ethical research states that researchers should not lie about or fabricate their research findings, represent another person’s work as their own, or sanction another person’s work without conducting a careful analysis?

Question 50

What type of research misrepresentation involves lying about or fabricating research findings?