Informed consent

Informed consent

An ethical requirement of social scientific research which specifies that research subjects will be informed as to the nature of the research about to be conducted, their anticipated role in it, and the uses to which the data they provide will be put.

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Industry/Domain: Sociology
Category: Criminology
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informed consent

Law enforcement; Human Trafficking

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informed consent

Sociology; Criminology

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informed consent

Health care; Cancer treatment

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informed consent

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(informed) consent

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informed consent

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environmental scanning

Sociology; Criminology

A systematic effort to identify in an elemental way future developments (trends or events) that could plausibly occur over the time horizon of interest, and that might impact ...

uniform crime reports (UCR)

Sociology; Criminology

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meta-analysis

Sociology; Criminology

A study of other studies about a particular topic of interest.

McNaughten rule

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Sociology; Criminology

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