RESEARCHER:

Dr. Jamie Hughes & Jonathan McPhetres

Assistant Professor, Psychology Department

University of Texas of the Permian Basin, MB 3122

Hughes_j@utpb.edu, 432-552-3345

DESCRIPTION:

The purpose of this study is to explore beliefs and judgments about criminal activity. Participants will be asked to make judgments about criminal activity and provide their opinion about crime. A short demographic questionnaire is also included. This research should take approximately ten to fifteen minutes to complete.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Enlistment into the study is restricted to those individuals who are 18 years of age or older.

RISKS:

There is a slight possibility that you will experience unpleasant feelings during your participation in these procedures as you might find in many psychological experiments. However, you should not experience any other risks than those encountered in everyday, normal living.

BENEFITS

a) When your participation is complete, you will be given an opportunity to learn about this research, which may be useful to you in your understanding yourself and others.

b) You will have an opportunity to contribute to psychological science by participating in this research.

c) You will be compensated for your time and effort via Amazon Mechanical Turk or via extra course credit

CONTACT PEOPLE:

If you have any questions about this research or about your rights as a research subject, please contact Dr. Hughes at the phone number or email address listed above. If you may also call Dr. Jeff Dennis (432-552-2361) if you have questions about your rights.



This study was approved by the UTPB Ethics board on June 27, 2014, #2014-030



VOLUNTARY NATURE OF PARTICIPATION:

You may withdraw from the research study at any time since your participation is entirely voluntary. If you decide not to participate, there will be no penalty or loss of benefits to you to which you are otherwise entitled. If you decide to participate, you may discontinue without penalty or loss of benefits to you to which you are otherwise entitled.

CONFIDENTIALITY:

No identifying information will be collected. Further, no one will be able to know which are your questionnaire responses. All data will be kept in secured files, in accord with the standards of the college, Federal regulations, and the American Psychological Association. Finally, remember that it is not individual person's responses that interest us; we are interested in average judgments of people in general. The data derived from this study could be used in reports, presentations, and publications but you will never be individually identified.



If you check the yes box below, it means that you have freely agreed to participate in this research study. You should consent only if you have read the previous or it has been read to you, and you understand its contents. By checking the box below you also certify that you are 18 years of age or older.