WHAT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO DO: You will be asked to do three things: (1) Fill out a short set of questions that ask you about things like your age, race, education, etc.; (2) Participate in a focus group with other youths in custody where you will be asked to talk about things like what you know about school resource officers and whether having school resource officers on campus makes you feel safe.
I will ask you before the beginning of the ‘focus group’ study if you are comfortable with me using a tape recorder. The reason I would like to use a tape recorder is because I want …show more content…
I will only report information in a way that could not be traced back to you. To ensure the privacy of the information you provide, I will store all research materials in a password protected and encrypted file on a password protected computer that only I and will have access to. The only information that will be shared with FLY are your responses to the questions about school resource officers. Your background information that you filled out separately will only be accessed by me. The only exception to our confidentiality agreement is if there is a disclosure of abuse, or intent to harm self or others. FLY are mandated reporters and are required by law to report information if there is someone hurting you, you are hurting others, or you are hurting yourself to the appropriate authority. I can also not guarantee that other participants in the focus group will keep the information that is shared confidential, but we will go over confidentiality standards at the beginning of the focus group study and ask everyone to respect others’ privacy and not to share others’ personal information outside of this focus group