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Informed Consent: An Ethical Issue in Conducting Research with Male Partner Violent Offenders

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Ethical codes help guide the methods of research that involve samples gathered from "at-risk" populations. The current paper reviews general as well as specific ethical principles related to gathering informed consent from partner violent offenders mandated to outpatient treatment, a group that may be at increased risk of unintentional coercion in behavioral sciences research due to court-mandates that require outpatient treatment without the ethical protections imbued upon prison populations. Recommendations are advanced to improve the process of informed consent within this special population and data supporting the utility of the recommendations in a sample 70 partner violent offenders are provided. Data demonstrate that participants were capable of comprehending all essential elements of consent.

Source: Ethics & Behavior

DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2013.804795

Authors: Cory A. Crane, Samuel W. Hawes, Dolores Mandel, Caroline J. Easton

Institution: Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: State University of New York, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse