Quasi-experimental designs for community-level public health violence reduction interventions: a case study in the challenges of selecting the counterfactual

We highlight the importance of documenting the step-by-step processes used for the selection of comparison areas when evaluating a community-level intervention that targets a large-scale community.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roman, Caterina Gouvis 1966- (Author)
Contributors: Wolff, Kevin T. ; Klein, Hannah J.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Journal of experimental criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 155-185
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Counterfactual
Evaluation
Place-based
Propensity score matching
Violence
Description
Summary:We highlight the importance of documenting the step-by-step processes used for the selection of comparison areas when evaluating a community-level intervention that targets a large-scale community.
ISSN:1572-8315
DOI:10.1007/s11292-017-9308-0