ERIC Number: EJ938920
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Publication Date: 2011-Aug
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Undocumented Research Participants: Ethics and Protection in a Time of Fear
Lahman, Maria K. E.; Mendoza, Bernadette M.; Rodriguez, Katrina L.; Schwartz, Jana L.
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v33 n3 p304-322 Aug 2011
President Obama characterized Arizona's recent immigration law as undermining "basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans." The authors' extend the national discussion regarding immigration to ethics and research. Therefore, the purpose of this methodological article is to advance areas for ethical consideration when researching undocumented participants. Undocumented participants have been described as vulnerable and in need of protection when researched. The authors contend that undocumented participants are capable, competent, yet vulnerable simultaneously. Characterizing these participants as wholly vulnerable is a form of "Otherization". The authors present a literature review of "Other", vulnerable participants, illegal participants, and undocumented persons/participants. Authors have been ethics reviewers and/or researchers of undocumented participants. Drawing on these experiences throughout the article, they provide reflexively composed narrative interludes. Methodological and ethical considerations and strategies in the areas of Culturally Responsive Relational Reflexive Ethics (CRRRE) oriented research, anonymity/confidentiality, and consent are advanced. (Contains 3 notes and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Immigration, Ethics, Undocumented Immigrants, Research Methodology, Personal Narratives, Fear, Researchers, Cultural Awareness
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