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A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research Ethics and Considering the Risks of Desensitisation

A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research : Ethics and Considering the Risks of Desensitisation [Ethical practice is nothing new for those who work in the criminal justice sector and policing has its own Code of Ethics within which police practice is framed. The ethical practices required by social researchers are of similar ilk, ensuring the researcher follows a process of moral practice, protecting participants and the credence of any study. In this chapter McCartan draws upon his experience of researching those most vulnerable in our society, whether victims of serious crime or indeed, those who perpetrate such crime. He asks the reader to consider the risks associated with any research that involves either cohort or any topic of interest that is sensitive in nature. He takes them through the ethical approval process, why it is required and what it entails. Lastly, he asks the reader to consider their own position in relation to working with their chosen participants, how to negate the bias of desensitisation with the sensitivity needed to conduct meaningful and ‘safe’ data collection from those who may experience inadvertent trauma or a sense of revictimisation; what McCartan refers to as a ‘balancing act’.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research Ethics and Considering the Risks of Desensitisation

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-19285-2
Pages
73 –89
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-19286-9_5
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Ethical practice is nothing new for those who work in the criminal justice sector and policing has its own Code of Ethics within which police practice is framed. The ethical practices required by social researchers are of similar ilk, ensuring the researcher follows a process of moral practice, protecting participants and the credence of any study. In this chapter McCartan draws upon his experience of researching those most vulnerable in our society, whether victims of serious crime or indeed, those who perpetrate such crime. He asks the reader to consider the risks associated with any research that involves either cohort or any topic of interest that is sensitive in nature. He takes them through the ethical approval process, why it is required and what it entails. Lastly, he asks the reader to consider their own position in relation to working with their chosen participants, how to negate the bias of desensitisation with the sensitivity needed to conduct meaningful and ‘safe’ data collection from those who may experience inadvertent trauma or a sense of revictimisation; what McCartan refers to as a ‘balancing act’.]

Published: Jan 1, 2023

Keywords: Ethics; Desensitisation; Vulnerability; Research Questions; Risk

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