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Chapter 9: History of Prison Research Regulation

The history of experimentation on prisoners is discussed. Topics covered include: Illinois's Stateville Prison, WWII, and malaria; the American Medical Association (AMA) committee headed by Andrew Ivy finds research ethically acceptable (1947); AMA changes its position in 1952; prisoners as research subjects is primarily practices in the U.S. post-WWII; inmates value being research subjects; shift in public opinion in the late 1960s; Jessica Mitford's January 1973 "Atlantic Monthly" article; the Kennedy hearings on human experimentation (1972) and the hesitancy to halt prison research; the Califano regulations (1980); and the abandonment of this practice. Accession Number: 021754

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