Question

Research involving prisoners requires both specific irb membership and approval by ohrp to signify that the proposed research falls within the permissible research categories.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

That statement is true
This research permission is needed because of these two things:
- On average, Prisoners tend to display higher level of aggressiveness that may be dangerous without monitoring.
- Prisoners often became the subject of inhumane research because society saw them as 'expendables'