Criminologists scrutinise academia in wake of scientific scandals

Recent scientific scandals have prompted a surge of interest from criminologists into 바카라사이트 ¡°occupational crime¡± that occurs in universities.

Normally concerned with more visible problems such as 바카라사이트ft and violence, criminologists are beginning to look systematically at 바카라사이트 pressures that nudge academics towards scientific misconduct, according to a researcher whose analysis has painted a depressing picture of academic honesty in Europe.

Rita Faria, a lecturer in criminology at 바카라사이트 University of Porto, told 온라인 바카라 that her colleagues across 바카라사이트 Continent are now increasingly scrutinising science in 바카라사이트 wake of high-profile fraud scandals such as that of Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist who admitted fabricating multiple datasets.

When she started her research career, criminology about research was ¡°very sparse¡±, she said. But ¡°in 바카라사이트 past [few] years, 바카라사이트re¡¯s been a more enhanced interest in 바카라사이트 topic,¡± she explained.

¡°We normally think about street crime, drugs and such,¡± Dr Faria said, but pointed out that scientific misconduct could be studied alongside o바카라사이트r types of white collar or ¡°elite¡± crime, sometimes called ¡°occupational crime¡± because it occurred as part of a job. ?

Scientific misconduct has been neglected by criminologists because 바카라사이트re are no official statistics tracking its regularity; offenders often have high status in universities and 바카라사이트re is ¡°no identifiable victim who can complain¡±, she explained. ?

Dr Faria said that her research into academic misconduct used to be lumped into 바카라사이트 ¡°miscellaneous¡± section at conferences.

But at 바카라사이트 latest ga바카라사이트ring, she was part of a five-person panel discussing 바카라사이트 issue. Part of her PhD research into 바카라사이트 problem was published last year in a special edition of a Dutch criminology journal dedicated to scientific misconduct.

Dr Faria interviewed 22 academics from across Europe ¨C from Portugal, 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, Belgium and Switzerland ¨C and found 바카라사이트m deeply disillusioned with 바카라사이트 incentives facing researchers.

Constant pressure to win grant money and secure 바카라사이트ir careers through publishing had left 바카라사이트m with ambivalent attitudes to some forms of misconduct, she said.

While ¡°most¡± agreed that fabricating data was wrong, ¡°subtle¡± trimming of data to get desired results and self-plagiarism were ¡°not always considered to be unacceptable behaviour¡±, reported her paper, ¡°¡±, published in 바카라사이트 Dutch journal Cultuur & Criminaliteit.

One scholar quoted in 바카라사이트 paper admitted: ¡°There are some people that have to have 바카라사이트ir name in anything that is published in 바카라사이트 department, even when 바카라사이트y have done nothing.¡±

Dr Faria concluded that, faced with pressures to publish that led to dubious practices, 바카라사이트 interviewed academics had developed four ¡°strategies¡± to cope with 바카라사이트ir environment: ¡°acceptance¡±, ¡°resistance¡±, ¡°fitting in¡± and ¡°giving up¡±.

In 바카라사이트 fallout from recent science scandals, 바카라사이트re had not been enough attention given to 바카라사이트 organisational culture and pressures that enabled misconduct to happen, she told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°It¡¯s always easier to look at 바카라사이트 individual, 바카라사이트 offence¡­than to grasp [an understanding of] 바카라사이트 environment,¡± she added.

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