Research with Prisoners - SBE (ID 506) Questions and Answers Graded A Which of the following statements about prison research is true? - answer Researchers may study the effects of privilege upgrades awarded by the prison.Because studies of the effects of processes of incarceration are allowed under the regulations, researchers may study the effects of privilege upgrades awarded by the prison. The regulations do not prohibit payment of prisoners for their participation.However, the amount of compensation cannot constitute undue influence to participate.Many correctional institutions may prohibit payment. The decision to participate in research may not be considered during parole hearings, as this practice would clearly constitute undue influence to participate. The regulations require that IRBs determine that risks involved in research with prisoners are commensurate with risks that would be accepted by non-prison volunteers. - answer A graduate student wants to examine the effect of print media versus televised media on individuals' position on several social issues. The superintendent of a local work release facility, a family friend, will allow the graduate student access to the prison population to help her quickly accrue subjects. The student's IRB should: - answer Not approve this project because the prisoners are merely a population of convenience for the student.Factors such as the level of risk and proposed facility are irrelevant if the prison population is simply a population of convenience as it is in this case. Research taking place in prisons must be material to the lives of the prisoners. Therefore, according to the regulations, an IRB could not approve this protocol. - answer A researcher's study uses a dataset of prisoner demographic characteristics. This dataset includes criminal history data that predates incarceration and includes data on disciplinary behavior while in prison. There is no interaction with prisoners. The researcher claims, and the IRB chair agrees, that the study is exempt from IRB review.This decision: - answer Is wrong because 46.104 states that research conducted in prisons is not exempt if the subject population is only prisoners.Research conducted in prisons is not exempt under 46.104 if the subject population only includes prisoners. For research governed by the Common Rule, the exemptions at 46.104 (Protection of Human Subjects 2018) "do not apply to research subject to
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