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The Needs of the Judiciary and Misapplications of Social Research The Case of Female Guards in Men's Prisons
Author(s) -
ALPERT GEOFFREY P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1984.tb00309.x
Subject(s) - prism , law , empirical research , political science , social research , legal research , sociology , criminology , psychology , social science , epistemology , philosophy , physics , optics
Social scientists have a unique opportunity to generate empirical data to assist legal arguments in a court of law. Unfortunately, most researchers seldom take the initiative to research specific issues that may guide a legal question. Instead, they research issues that may interest them but have no real‐world application. This study demonstrates this problem using the example of female guards in male prism. Several suggestions are made that can put the social sciences in a leadership role.