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A recent paper by Paulus et al in The Bulletin has suggested that prisons are excellent mileus in which to study social phenomena such as crowding and its effects on behavior. We believe that such a suggestion is fraught with methodological and ethical pitfalls which are not discussed by Paulus et al. We believe that a short discussion of these pitfalls is necessary as a supplement to the Paulus et al paper.
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Thanks are also due to Shirley Peeke of the Langley Porter Institute for constructive criticisms of the draft of this paper. Reprint requests should be sent to the second author.
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Veno, A., Peeke, H.V.S. Research on crowding in prisons: Methodological problems and ethical concerns. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 3, 183–184 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333437
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