| Description |
viii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / by David Buchanan, Celia Fisher, and Lance Gable -- Historical, theoretical, and legal perspectives -- Goodness-of-fit ethics for non-intervention research involving dangerous and illegal behaviors / by Celia B. Fisher and Sabrina J. Goodman -- Legal challenges raised by research conducted under high-risk circumstances / by Lance Gable -- Conducting research ethically -- Telephone surveys of traumatic experiences and other sensitive topics / by Jennifer J. Cercone, Carla Kmett Danielson, Kenneth J. Ruggiero, and Dean G. Kilpatrick -- Longitudinal research in school bullying : adolescents who bully and who are bullied / by Lang Ma, Erin Phelps, Jacqueline V. Lerner, and Richard M. Lerner -- Suicide in a natural history study : lessons and insights learned from a follow-up of Vietnam veterans at risk for suicide / by Rumi Kato Price, Li-Shiun Chen, Nathan K. Risk, Ashley Hughes Haden, Gregory A. Widner -- Using public data : illustrations from domestic violence research / by Catherine Cerulli and Chris Thomas -- Responding to threats of violence -- Ethical dilemmas in conducting field research with injection drug users / by David Buchanan -- Ethical and legal issues in conducting treatment research with potentially violent individuals / by Barry Rosenfeld and Debbie Green -- Do drug abuse researchers have a duty to protect third parties from hiv transmission? : moral perspectives of street drug users / by Celia B. Fisher, Matthew Oransky, Meena Mahadevan, Merrill Singer, Greg Mirhej, and G. Derrick Hodge -- Ethical and legal dilemmas in ethnographic field research : three case studies of distressed inner-city families / by Eloise Dunlap, Bruce D. Johnson and Doris Randolph -- Concluding thoughts -- Best practices for responding to threats of violence in research ethically and legally / by David Buchanan, Celia Fisher, and Lance Gable |
| Summary |
Research conducted on high-risk populations raises unique ethical and legal questions. While collecting data, researchers conducting descriptive, non-intervention studies may be faced with threats of harm to or by the participants, such as suicide, child abuse, or violence. At what point should the researcher override confidentiality protection agreements? How do researchers address the tensions between successfully recruiting participants while communicating their obligation to disclose threatening behaviors? How do researchers identify and adequately communicate to participants the limits of confidentiality protection? Research With High-Risk Populations provides guidance to social scientists regarding their ethical and legal responsibilities to respond appropriately to threats of harm that may arise during the course of data collection. Contributing authors include leading researchers, ethicists, lawyers, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) members from across the country who illuminate the complexities of the issues using case studies from their own research projects. This collection of ethical and legal analyses examines both the challenges of conducting research designed to responsibly gain a better understanding of the origins of serious health problems, and the moral and legal obligations of researchers who learn of threats of violence in the course of pursuing the primary objectives of the research. This book maps out an appropriate balance between protecting human research participants from harm and generating new scientific knowledge. It will enable researchers and IRB members to become more knowledgeable about the different ways of allowing valuable research to go forward, while minimizing the potential for harm and protecting all parties involved from undue harm and exploitation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Author |
Buchanan, David A., editor
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Fisher, Celia B., editor
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Gable, Lance, editor
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| LC no. |
2008040490 |
| ISBN |
9781433804243 |
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1433804247 |
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