Human Experimentation and Research on Prisoners
Introduction
Useful terms/definitions
Autonomy
Informed Consent
Coercion
Vulnerability
The History of Prison Experiments
World War II
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Nuremberg Trial
Nuremberg Code
Nuremberg Principles
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Ethical Guidelines for Prisoners
Clinical Investigations Using Human Subjects (issued by NIH) – 1966
The 1976 National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Behavioral and Biomedical Research
The Belmont Report
Title 45, Part 46 of the Code of the Federal Regulations in Protection of Human Subjects
Subpart C: “Additional Protections Pertaining to Biomedical and Behavioral Research Involving Prisoners as Subjects”
Current Debate on Prison Research
Introduction
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Recommendations
Arguments in support of increased involvement of prisoners in research
Arguments against increased involvement of prisoners in research
Conclusion
Bibliography