Citation

Roberg RR. J. Crim. Justice 1981; 9(1): 41-49.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(81)90050-7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

While there has been a steady increase of management research in criminal justice organizations in recent years, far too little attention has been devoted to the dilemmas surrounding these research efforts. The first dilemma is associated with the treatment of information or data while the second is associated with the treatment of human subjects. The purpose of this paper is to begin the debate in this sensitive area by exploring the primary ethical issues of each dilemma which must be constructively dealt with by management researchers if they are to avoid potential harm to their subjects, while at the same time, assure the validity of their results. Finally, several strategies which appear useful in addressing these ethical issues will be considered.