Fraud and fallible judgment : varieties of deception in the social and behavioral sciences / edited by Nathaniel J. Pallone, James J. Hennessy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pallone, Nathaniel J., editor.

Hennessy, James, 1942- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social sciences.

Social scientists--Professional ethics.

Social scientists.

Fraud in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Fraud and Fallible Judgment is both an exploration of fraud and an examination of the nature of truth in social relations and experience. The essaysin this volume are concerned with deception in the social and behavioral sciences, and conditions that elicit deceptive behavior among scientists, whatever then-discipline.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Deception: Its Varieties and Its Engines

1. Deception, Fraud, and Fallible Judgment

2. The Fading Myth of the Noble Scientist

3. The Role of the Social Sciences in the Analysis of Research Misconduct

Part II: Advocacy Scholarship and the Refraction of Truth

4. Miscounting Social Ills

5. Investigating Sexual Coercion

6. The Myth of a "Stolen Legacy

7. On Self-Suppression

8. The Egalitarian Fiction

Part III: Attribution and Misattribution of Deception

9. Making Monsters

10. Incest, Freud, and Fraud

11. Cyril Burt: Fallible Judgments about Deception

12. Cyril Burt as the Victim of Scientific Hoax

13. Benevolent Misdiagnosis: Fraud by Euphemism in the Mental Health Professions

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-28903-9

OCLC:

1022793254