Ethical Considerations for Pandemic Prison Research
Keywords:
Pandemic, Prison, Ethics, Research, CanadaAbstract
During these unprecedented times, as prison researchers, there is no question COVID-19 provides an opportunity to promote and rethink all elements of incarceration (e.g., function, purpose, who is housed, why) as well as its purpose within systems of justice. The intention of the current paper is to consider the ethical considerations of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to prison research. Drawing on criminological and ethics literatures, I explore if the potential harms such research could pose, and the collateral consequences, comes at too great a cost or if the benefits of said research should be considered critical for managing the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic.
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