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Ethical principles, dilemmas and risks in collecting data on violence against children : a review of available literature Technical Working Group on Data Collection on Violence against Children, Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group

By: Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2012Description: electronic document (93 p.); PDF file: 3.41 MB.Subject(s): CHILDREN | LITERATURE REVIEWS | RESEARCH ETHICS | CHILD ABUSEOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: Ethical guidelines are crucial when carrying out research on violence against children (VAC). Such guidelines help to minimize the risk of potential harm resulting from the data collection process to participants, researchers and others, and ensure that any remaining risks are outweighed by the potential benefits. This literature review is a contribution to the foundations for the development of such ethical guidelines. It aims to capture current thinking around ethical issues and provide empirical support to guide recommendations for ethical research practice and decision-making in collecting data on VAC. The review was prepared on behalf of the Technical Working Group on Data Collection on Violence against Children (part of the Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group). A sister project that has been carried out simultaneously to this research provides a more detailed inventory and assessment of existing tools and methods to collect data on VAC. (from the Executive Summary).
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Ethical guidelines are crucial when carrying out research on violence against children (VAC). Such guidelines help to minimize the risk of potential harm resulting from the data collection process to participants, researchers and others, and ensure that any remaining risks are outweighed by the potential benefits. This literature review is a contribution to the foundations for the development of such ethical guidelines. It aims to capture current thinking around ethical issues and provide empirical support to guide recommendations for ethical
research practice and decision-making in collecting data on VAC. The review was prepared on behalf of the Technical
Working Group on Data Collection on Violence against Children (part of the Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation
Reference Group). A sister project that has been carried out simultaneously to this research provides a more detailed
inventory and assessment of existing tools and methods to collect data on VAC. (from the Executive Summary).