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The Ethics of Social Research with Children: An Overview1
Abstract
This paper attempts to provide an overview of ethical issues related to social research with children. It sets the discussion in the context of current debates about researching children in the UK, and explores the extent to which children should be regarded as similar to, or different from, adults in social research, focusing on how children are positioned as vulnerable, incompetent and relatively powerless in society in general, and how this conceptualisation of children needs to be taken into account in social research. The paper concludes with some practical and methodological suggestions.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Morrow, V., & Richards, M.
- Venue
- Children & Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1996-06
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 90-105
- ISSN
- 0951-0605 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0860
- OpenAlex
- W2069365391
- Cited by
- 825
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 16.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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