Prison Psychology: Challenge/Disclosures
decades is owed to research. General research requires ethical codes and
guidelines to follow when working with human subjects. Conducting research in
forensic psychology requires a more specific set of guidelines to follow. In
particular, working with incarcerated populations to conduct research requires
more restrictive parameters to avoid ethical and legal violations. The basis
for most ethical codes and guidelines is rooted in historical cases where conducting
research resulted in participants being placed in harm’s way. The Nazi
experiments in concentration camps and the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment are
examples of cases where individuals were injured in the name of
“science.” Modern day researchers learned from those examples and
others to adopt and follow ethical codes and guidelines to insure the safety of
human subjects. Conducting research with forensic populations brings a set of
unique ethical challenges, especially when working with populations that may be
viewed as marginal by society. Therefore, it is beneficial to you as a student
studying forensic psychology to understand unique ethical challenges that may
arise when working with incarcerated forensic populations.
description of the challenge you selected. Explain which
codes/guidelines may be violated and how the violations may occur. Explain the
consequences that might arise as a result of the violation. Finally, share your
thoughts and insights about challenges related to conducting research with
incarcerated individuals.
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