Comments on: Dissertation Topic http://www.irfworks.com/dissertation-topic/ Curing The Curse We Call Technology! Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:21:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: adam http://www.irfworks.com/dissertation-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-66 adam Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:21:59 +0000 http://www.irfworks.com/?p=130#comment-66 I like the idea, but as I said, I think you'll need some theoretical framework from which to hang your analysis. Take, for instance, a simple question: what is social engineering? It seems simple, but the definition, I suspect, will be quite hard. To define it, you will have to examine normal relations and explain deviance from them--i.e. "engineering". Now, multiply that issue for the psychological investigation of crime that you propose. I like the idea, but as I said, I think you’ll need some theoretical framework from which to hang your analysis.

Take, for instance, a simple question: what is social engineering? It seems simple, but the definition, I suspect, will be quite hard. To define it, you will have to examine normal relations and explain deviance from them–i.e. “engineering”.

Now, multiply that issue for the psychological investigation of crime that you propose.

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