NCJ Number
96763
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Dated: (1985) Pages: 75-84
Date Published
1985
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Existing and anticipated restrictions on the conducting of social research present several opportunities and problems for criminal justice researchers.
Abstract
After reviewing those restrictions, the admittedly controversial techniques of covert and concealed research are used to show how restrictions may influence the direction criminal justice research follows in the coming years. A devil's advocate role is taken and covert and concealed research is championed in order to encourage academicians and practitioners to be both aware and wary of external restrictions on the conducting of social research. (Author abstract)