... to know that they are studying them, this can be done in a variety of situations but seeing as though this particular research piece was done on a very delicate subject the researcher was probably better of to use covert than overt, the activity that he was studying is illegal in America therefore ethically the piece of research was wrong and he shouldn't of taken part to the level that he did ( his role was as a watch queen to see if any officials were coming) however sometimes the rules have to be broken to achieve the results wanted. Also as the researcher took down car registration plates to see what sort of people actually took part in this sort of activity he again broke the law. However this sort of behavior can be justified to some degree as without it the piece of research wouldn't have been the ...

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