RANDOM ASSIGNMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH Some Ethical and Legal Issues
作者:
PHYLLIS JO BAUNACH,
期刊:
Criminology
(WILEY Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 4
页码: 435-444
ISSN:0011-1384
年代: 1980
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-9125.1980.tb01307.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractRandomization techniques entail sound methodological means to assign participants to groups for experimental purposes. However, prior to applying this technique to criminal justice research, several ethical and legal issues must be considered. For example, in a legal context, the objectivity afforded by the randomization process may be interpreted as “arbitrary.” Similarly, depriving control group participants of the presumed benefits of a newly launched program may be regarded as unethical. It may be possible to adapt the randomization procedure to experimental contingencies. However, caution must then be taken in carrying out the adaptation, as the methodological rigor and hence the interpretability of the results may be affec
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