Institutional Review Board

The Authority's Institutional Review Board reviews all ICJIA research proposals involving human subjects to ensure that they adhere to federal policy for the protection of human subjects. The Board is made up of a group of criminal justice professionals and community members.

All research involving human subjects must meet federal standards that include:

• Informed consent. Participation should be voluntary and based on full disclosure.
• Selection and recruitment methods that are free of coercion.
• Minimal risk to subjects.
• Subject privacy, which includes maintaining confidentiality of identifiable information.

Institutional Review Board meetings are open to the public.

Institutional Review Board Members

Sandra Kaminska Costello, Ph.D. (Chair)
Associate Director
Office for Protection of Research Subjects,University of Illinois at Chicago    

Barbara Engel (Vice-chair)
Victim Advocate

Richard L. Block, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Loyola University Chicago

Gretchen Ruth Cusick, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
University of Chicago Crime Lab

Jack Cutrone
Executive Director
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

Evan R. Harrington, Ph.D.
Department of Forensic Psychology
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Rachel Johnston
University of Chicago, Chapin Hall

John Maki
Executive Director
John Howard Association 

Eva Hernandez Thomas
Researcher
UIC School of Public Health

For more information

For more information about the Authority's Institutional Review Board, please contact the Board Secretary:

Junaid Afeef, Esq.
Office of General Counsel
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
300 West Adams, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 793-8550
Fax: (312) 793-8422
Email: Junaid.Afeef@Illinois.gov