by trying to second guess what the researcher wants them to do and acting accordingly, which would not give very valid data. An obvious solution to this would be observing people without their knowledge, however this causes a lot of ethical issues; a general rule of sociological research is that a person must give their informed consent to be studied. Informed consent can be difficult to find with certain groups, for example children, as this would also require their parent or guardian to give consent, making obtaining data even more difficult and time consuming. Misleading people to
Individuals with autism often have difficulties reading non-verbal forms of communication, such as body language, and find it hard to relate to other people’s feelings and emotions, which can effect their responses to a social situation as they will appear out of context or inappropriate. Another problem an autistic individual may experience in social interaction is having a rigid set of interests. For example, an individual may have a vast knowledge on sport, and will only want to discuss this topic of interest, resulting in a monologue of interests rather than a conversation. 3. - The problems of inflexibility and restrictiveness in activities and interests and how these may affect Individuals with autism can often show inflexibility and restrictiveness in their interests.
Unfortunately, if one is not registered through the system how would they be tracked? This is one flaw within the system. If a particular law enforcement agency preform a test to match information and is unsuccessful, chances are that the individual may have never been in contact with the law previously. Civilians who wish to be protected may volunteer this information in order to believe or think they are protected. A criminal or potential criminal will not volunteer this information willingly.
However, they are opposed by Interpretivists who say they impose the researcher’s framework of ideas on the respondents and they claim this may influence the respondents’ view on the question being asked. A reason as to why some sociologists choose not to use questionnaires when conducting research is because of a chance of a low response rate. This may be a result of people who receive questionnaires being not bothered to complete and return it. This can be a problem as the people who do not respond having a different opinion to those who do respond, this does not provide accurate representativeness. A higher response rate can be obtained if follow-up questionnaires are sent, but this can add to the cost and time.
If information is lost or has faded, it can make it difficult to retrieve. When a witness is involved in a case, there are a range of different factors that could lead to their recollection being altered and therefore incorrect as they retrieve, such as their expectations, the phrasing of questions asked of them, and the size and type of photograph shown to them. One of the many reasons why it is unethical to rely solely on an eyewitness’ testimony is the stress felt by the witness.
Able to collect data from a large number of respondents. | Respondents may not feel encouraged to provide accurate, honest answers. If respondents choose not to answer to a question and some do cooperate it may affect the data collected, the survey could then be bias. Some people may not answer the survey/questions as they feel it may present them in a way they may feel uncomfortable with. | Questionnaires | It is practical.
This level of control might be different in the real world firm laboratory results to real world results. In addition specific answers will not necessarily reflect how people really feel about a subject and in some cases might just be the closest match. On the other hand the development of standard questions by researchers can lead to 'structural'
There is a diverse clientele and without knowledge of backgrounds, family structure, and even religious status, the social worker would have difficulty to convey what would be necessary to achieve the goals for the individual. An honest assessment of the levels of function in the cultural structure of others is a huge challenge for some. This fault on some of the practitioners could cause barriers in some cases of effectiveness in reform and intervention. McPhatter, A. R. (1997). Cultural competence in child welfare: What is it?
(Hallam et al. 2005: 56) Some crimes however are not reported because the victim may be intimidated by the person responsible for the crime, or they may not have faith in the police to pursue the crime if they do report it. Other victims of crime may not report it as they feel that the crime is too minor, or that the police will think it is too minor to pursue. A large amount of sexual crime goes unreported because the victim is either too shocked, afraid or embarrassed. Police can use their discretion as to whether or not an incident is worth reporting, they have to decide if the incident is serious
One weakness of this method is in the difficulty of controlling for the population that you want to research (1). A second problem is maintaining accuracy in your results as some of the research topics may be taboo or embarrassing for the interviewee to answer