As an Independent Field, Criminology Has ______

question 60

Multiple Choice

As an independent field, criminology has ______.

• A) largely disregarded the issue of ethics in research
• B) long recognized the ethical codes of its parent disciplines but only recently begun to adopt its own ethical guidelines
• C) long relied upon its own code of ethics, compiled by the American Society of Criminology since the early 1900s
• D) long relied upon its own code of ethics, compiled by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences since the early 1900s

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Definitions:

Formalize

The act of expressing an idea, argument, or process in a precise, often mathematical or logical, form.

Hypothetical Syllogism

A logical argument with two conditional statements followed by a conclusion that infers from the antecedent of one statement to the consequence of the other.

Categorical Syllogism

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of three propositions: a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion, each of which states something about categories of things.

Hypothetical

Based on or serving as a hypothesis, a supposed but unproven premise or supposition used as the basis for further reasoning.