The Belmont Report. (1979, April 18). U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Read the copy of The Belmont Report identified in Books & Resources. Pay special attention to the principle of justice in choosing research participants.

Assignment

For this assignment, prepare a paper that describes the three main
ethical principles for research as outlined in The Belmont Report. Then,
using the principle of justice, evaluate the following research
scenario research to determine if subject selection followed this
principle.

Suppose that you want to study antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)
and its impact(s) on the community and community members. For this
study, you decide you will take a sample of inmates from a local prison
and determine rates of ASPD in that facility, determine quantitatively
how this has impacted their community at large (e.g., crime rates), and
how it impacts the prison community (e.g., rates of violence or other
antisocial behavior within the prison). Furthermore, you want to
understand how this impacts those with ASPD as well. To do this, you
will interview a large group of inmates at the facility and determine
how this diagnosis and the behaviors associated with it has impacted
them. For this study, you are not offering any treatment for ASPD.

Using the principle of justice, you will reflect on the following questions:

• Does the subject selection sufficiently reflect diversity to make
  the results of the study generalizable to a general population?
• Were individuals chosen as participants who can expect to benefit from the study?
• In the case that a diverse group was chosen as the only
  participants, does this reflect a particular logic or reasoning from
  within the study, or does this reflect a convenience selection?

Be sure your paper addresses these and other issues.

Length: 4-6 pages. You do not need to include resources other than the ones identified in the assignment.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas
and concepts that are presented in the course, and provide new thoughts
and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should
reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere
to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.