tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post762895235407061065..comments2008-01-02T22:58:18.353-05:00Zachary M. Schraghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07101709506166167477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post-24885496235295503732008-01-02T05:23:00.000-05:002008-01-02T05:23:00.000-05:00In the UK, the introduction of IRB-type systems has been uneven and led by less research-intensive universities so that there are fewer documented cases of censorship akin to those described by Jack Katz. However, my attention has recently been drawn to a 2007 paper ( R. Roberts et al., UK students and sex work:current knowledge and issues, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 17: 141-146) which resembles several of Katz's cases and suggests that even a 'voluntary' system of institutional review easily slides into censorship. In this case, the authors report on their efforts to investigate the claim that changes in government funding for English undergraduate students have led a significant number of young women to take up employment in the sex industry. Their own university approved the study only on the basis that they did not generate a sample from that institution's students and promised support from the National Union of Students did not materialize, apparently because of the close ties between the union and the political party responsible for the funding changes. This has similarities to both the Mormon case and the Indian casino workers case reported by Katz.Robert Dingwallnoreply@blogger.com