Welcome!
You are invited to participate in a research study of corrections and criminal justice classes at Temple University. This study will involve your participation in an on-line questionnaire in which you will be asked questions about your attitudes toward incarcerated people and toward learning. You are being asked to participate in this study because you are enrolled in a criminal justice class at Temple University for the fall 2005 semester.
Your participation in this study is important. Researchers, instructors, and students need to know if college courses are beneficial to students; that is, they need to know if certain criminal justice courses are helping students to learn in the best way possible. Results from this questionnaire will help researchers explore how and why classes and teaching styles make an impact on students.
To proceed to the next page, click on the "Continue" button below.
PROCEDURE
Once you have agreed to participate, you will begin an on-line questionnaire. Some questions will instruct you to click on the response that most closely reflects your attitudes. Other questions will ask you to respond by typing in a text box. This questionnaire will contain about 60 multiple choice questions and 2 open-ended questions. It should take you about 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
In order for your responses to be saved, you must complete the questionnaire. If you choose to stop taking the questionnaire after you have started, your responses will not be saved. If you try to take the questionnaire again, you will need to start at the begining.
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CONFIDENTIALTIY
This survey is anonymous. You are not asked to identify yourself anywhere in the questions, so your responses cannot be matched to you. Both the researchers and the questionnaire sponsor, QuestionPro, will keep your responses to this questionnaire private. If you have any questions about how QuestionPro will assure your privacy, please visit www.QuestionPro.com and click on the “Privacy Policy” link at the bottom of the page.
All data generated from this questionnaire will be kept secure. In accordance with federal, state, and local laws, all documents and information that relate to this research study will be kept confidential. The information generated from this study may be reviewed by Temple University's Institutional Review Board and the Office for Human Subjects Protections (OHRP) to make sure that the study was properly conducted and to make sure that all federal guidelines were followed. Please realize that the results of this study may be published.
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VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION AND WITHDRAWAL
Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary. You will not lose any benefits or receive any penalties if you choose not to participate. If you choose not to participate now or at any time while taking the questionnaire, simply close out the questionnaire window on your computer screen. You may also indicate that you do not wish to participate by clicking on the “NO” option on the next screen.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the Institutional Review Board Coordinator, Richard Throm at (215) 707-8757.
If you have any questions about research-related issues, you may contact Tricia O’Donnell at (610) 331-8629 or at [email protected].
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In which class(es) are you enrolled for the fall 2005 semester(check all that apply):
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How would you describe your race/ethnicity? (check all that apply)
This section will ask some questions about your attitudes toward your criminal justice class, actvities related to learning, and your plans for the future. Please respond as honestly as possible, relying on your current feelings of the particular issues raised.
To respond to a question, click on the radial button next to the answer choice that best matches you and your attitudes. When you are done with this page, click on the "Continue" button at the bottom of the screen.
This section will ask you some questions about your attitudes toward incarcerated men and women. Please respond as honestly as possible, relying on your current feelings of the particular issues raised.
To respond to a question, click on the radial button next to the answer choice that best matches you and your attitudes. When you are done with this page, click on the "Continue" button at the bottom of the screen.
Think about some of the activities, exercises, or projects in your criminal justice class this semester that really helped you understand a new concept. Please describe the activity that helped you learn the most. What did you do? What did it help you learn? (please answer in 500 characters or less)
Please describe what you think is a typical incarcerated person. Consider the following questions in your response: What do you think this person would look like? What is their background? What did they do to become incarcerated? (please answer in 500 characters or less)
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