Research and Evaluation

Opportunities for Research

No human research may be conducted without informing the participant or his legally authorized representative in writing of the risks, procedures, and discomforts of the research. The voluntary informed consent of the participant or his legally authorized representative to participate in the research must be documented in writing and supported by signature of a witness not involved in the conduct of the research, except as provided in these regulations.

• Instructions to submit a Research Proposal
• Administrative Directive 07 006.3 (PDF File)
• This provides directions for proposing and conducting research in any unit of the Department of Juvenile Justice
• Research Proposal Summary Form (Word Document File)
• Complete the document. When you are done, click File, Save As to save the file to your computer.
• Research Agreement Form (PDF File)

All Research Proposals should be either e-mailed to

or downloaded to a disk and sent to:

Please add sample letters to subjects, consent forms, etc. as applicable to the E-Mail / Disk.

This information is provided by Department of Juvenile Justice Research & Evaluation.

For more information, please contact:

Lynette Greenfield, Research Manager
P.O. Box 1110
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1110
(804) 786-3423
E-mail: Lynette Greenfield