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|Resource Type=Cases
|Title=Legal Requests/Requirements for Confidential Data From Research Field Notes
|Is About=A researcher was interviewing teenagers about their sexual activity, drug use, smoking and their general problems, when a nearby store was robbed. Police claimed that two of the suspects often visited the community centre in which the researcher was conducting her interviews and requested access to the research notes after having obtained a court order. The case study asks whether the researcher should protect her sources and risk jailtime for "contempt of court" or turn over the notes to the police.
|Important For=Qualitative researchers; Researchers; police
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|Has Link=https://www.asanet.org/teaching-learning/faculty/teaching-ethics-throughout-curriculum/case-48-legal-requestsrequirements-confidential-data-research-field-notes
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|Involves=American Sociological Association
|Has Virtue And Value=Respect; Accountability
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Protection of sources; Data sharing; Cooperation with law enforcement
|Related To Research Area=SH - Social Sciences and Humanities
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