Monahan J, Appelbaum P S, Mulvey E P, Robbins P C, Lidz C W
School of Law, University of Virginia.
Violence Vict. 1993 Winter;8(4):387-96.
This article addresses the ethical and legal duties that must be confronted in any study of the risk of interpersonal violence in the community. Ongoing research--the MacArthur Risk Assessment Study--on the markers of violence among released mental patients is taken as illustrative. Methods by which the researchers are discharging their legal and ethical duties are described and justified. Strategies center around the duty to protect research subjects from their own violence, and the duties to protect research staff and third parties from subjects' violence. By airing these rarely discussed issues, the authors hope to initiate a professional dialogue on crucial ethical and legal aspects of the research process.
本文探讨了在任何关于社区人际暴力风险的研究中都必须面对的伦理和法律责任。以正在进行的一项关于出院精神病患者暴力行为标志物的研究——麦克阿瑟风险评估研究为例进行说明。文中描述并论证了研究人员履行其法律和伦理责任的方法。策略主要围绕保护研究对象免受自身暴力伤害的责任，以及保护研究人员和第三方免受研究对象暴力侵害的责任。通过讨论这些鲜少被提及的问题，作者们希望开启一场关于研究过程中关键伦理和法律方面的专业对话。
