In this article, a new model, An Ethic of Empathy, is proposed as a guide for researchers, particularly new scholars to the discipline. This model emerged from the authors’ concerns regarding the application of ethics to studies that focus on the experience of female offenders in criminal justice systems. The key issue is the vulnerability of incarcerated and post-release women in relationship to the powerful status of social scientist researchers. The complexity of ethics in such research settings necessitates a particular ethical preparation, involving formation, reflection, understanding, commitment, care, and empathy. Three cases are outlined which document the authors’ ethical formations as researchers.

在本文中，提出了一种新模型，即移情伦理，作为研究人员，特别是该学科新学者的指南。该模型源于作者对将伦理应用于关注刑事司法系统中女性罪犯经历的研究的担忧。关键问题是被监禁和释放后妇女与社会科学家研究人员的强大地位相关的脆弱性。在这样的研​​究环境中，伦理的复杂性需要特殊的伦理准备，包括形成、反思、理解、承诺、关怀和同理心。概述了三个案例，这些案例记录了作者作为研究人员的道德形成。