Informed consent: An ethical issue in conducting research with male partner violent offenders Review

Crane, CA, Hawes, SW, Mandel, D et al. (2013). Informed consent: An ethical issue in conducting research with male partner violent offenders . Ethics and Behavior, 23(6), 477-488. 10.1080/10508422.2013.804795

cited authors

  • Crane, CA; Hawes, SW; Mandel, D; Easton, CJ

abstract

  • Ethical codes help guide the methods of research that involves samples gathered from "at-risk" populations. The current article 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. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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publication date

  • December 16, 2013

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start page

  • 477

end page

  • 488

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 6