Southern Utah University Institutional Review Board
REVIEWER CHECKLIST
PRISONERS AS SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH
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Reviewer Reviewer's College Date
Reviewer's E-mail Reviewer's Phone Extension
Title of Proposed Research
Principle Investigator (PI) PI's E-mail
PI's College
REQUIRED CATEGORIES: Please indicate which category applies to this study. One of the
following must apply for the research to be approved.
This is a study of the possible causes, effects, and processes of incarceration, or of
criminal behavior, provided that the study presents no more than minimal risk and no
more than inconvenience to the subjects.
This is a study of prisons as institutional structures or of prisoners as incarcerated
persons, provided that the study presents no more than minimal risk and no more than
inconvenience to the subjects.
This is research on conditions particularly affecting prisoners as a class (e.g. research on
hepatitis which is more prevalent in prisons than elsewhere, and research on social and
psychological problems such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and sexual assaults)
provided that the study may proceed only after the Secretary has consulted with
appropriate experts including experts in penology, medicine, and ethics, and published
notice, in the Federal Register, of his intent to approve such research.
This research is in on practices, both innovative and accepted, which have the intent and
reasonable probability of improving the health or well-being of the subject. In cases in
which those studies require the assignment of prisoners in a manner consistent with
protocols approved by the IRB to control groups which may not benefit from the
research, the study may proceed only after the Secretary (through OHRP) has consulted
with appropriate experts.