Research with high-risk populations : balancing science, ethics, and law / edited by David Buchanan, Celia B. Fisher, and Lance Gable.

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2009], ©2009.

viii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Introduction / David R. Buchanan, Celia B. Fisher, and Lance Gable -- Historical, theoretical, and legal perspectives -- Goodness-of-fit ethics for nonintervention research involving dangerous and illegal behaviors / Celia B. Fisher and Sabrina J. Goodman -- Legal challenges raised by nonintervention research conducted under high-risk circumstances / Lance Gable -- Conducting research ethically -- Telephone surveys of traumatic experiences and other sensitive topics / Jennifer J. Cercone ... [et al.] -- Longitudinal research in school bullying : adolescents who bully and who are bullied / Lang Ma ... [et al.] -- Suicide in a natural history study : lessons and insights learned from a follow-up of Vietnam veterans at risk for suicide / Rumi Kato Price ... [et al.] -- Using public data : illustrations from domestic violence research / Catherine Cerulli and Christopher D. Thomas -- Responding to threats of violence -- Ethical dilemmas in conducting field research with injection drug users / David R. Buchanan -- Ethical and legal issues in conducting treatment research with potentially violent individuals / Barry Rosenfeld and Debbie Green -- Do drug abuse researchers have a duty to protect third parties from HIV transmission? : moral perspectives of street drug users / Celia B. Fisher ... [et al.] -- Ethical and legal dilemmas in ethnographic field research : three case studies of distressed inner-city families / by Eloise Dunlap, Bruce D. Johnson, and Doris Randolph -- Concluding thoughts -- Best practices for responding to threats of violence in research ethically and legally / David R. Buchanan, Lance Gable, and Celia B. Fisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.