See both attachments
Instructions:
Answer the
5 discussion questions corresponding to exercise 2.1,
and
the
three application exercise questions corresponding to exercise 2.2, in the uploaded Ireland et al., pdf (Ireland et al., Chapter 2 & application exercises). Students are simply asked to offer a complete answer to each question. In order to receive a strong grade on this project, students should write in a manner that reflects a solid adherence to the conventions of the English language (i.e., free of egregious grammatical/spelling errors), and answer the questions correctly.
Application Exercise 2.1
1.
Tearoom Trade (1970) is one of the most notorious studies in deviance, and it is widely read by scholars in the field of sociology and criminology (including your humble instructor). Why do you think this article has garnered so much sustained attention in the near 40 years since Humphrey’s published his work?
2. What is the most egregious ethical violation in this work? Justify your answer.
3. What are the potential social benefits of this study, if any?
4. Are the ethical breaches in this study worth the potential benefits of the findings? Justify your answer.
5. If you were charged with revising Humphrey’s protocol such that it met with IRB approval, what three changes would you make?
Application Exercises 2.2
1. You have been hired by a leading university to create guidelines for membership on their institutional review board (IRB). The university is particularly interested in directing your attention toward several areas. Please address the following questions with this in mind:
a. What background should IRB members be required to have?
b. Should IRB members be appointed by the university administration or elected by the faculty? Justify your answer.
c. Should IRB membership be set as a specific term of duration? Should members be eligible for re-election or reappointment? Justify your answer.
d. What sorts of research, if any, should be exempt from review? Justify your answer.
2. You are a member of an IRB at a leading university. The following study has been presented for your review:
This research will involve a study of elementary aged children whose parent is incarcerated. The sample of children will be randomly assigned to two groups. One group will be instructed in a course designed to reinforce prosocial values (including both obedience of the law and love of your parents); this instrument has been pilot tested and is deemed reliable and valid with regard to increasing student identification with prosocial norms. The other group will not receive any special training. The students who received training are expected to increase their identification with prosocial values by the end of the course, and the students who did not receive special instruction are not expected to improve in this regard.
a. What are some of the ethical problems presented by this research plan?
b. How might each of these ethical problems be avoided or eliminated?
3. You are a researcher who has currently studied marijuana growers. As part of your study, you interviewed 50 large-scale marijuana farmers. Although you conducted these interviews in numerous locations, some of them contain various pieces of identifying information, such as the names of seed suppliers, other marijuana farmers, and various midlevel dealers. Somehow, the local police department has learned about your research and asked you to turn over your tapes of the interviews.
a. Will you refuse to release this information and risk going to jail? Explain your answer.
b. What could you have done to better ensure the confidentiality of your findings?
Format:
There is no specific page limit to the assignment, but the answers
MUST
be
single-spaced WITHIN each answer, with a double space BETWEEN each answer.
Additionally, the project
MUST be typed, with
1” margins throughout the document. All students must use
12-point, Times New Roman Font.
