Preventing treatment spillover contamination in criminological field experiments: the case of body-worn police cameras

A central issue in experiments is protecting the integrity of causal identification from treatment spillover effects. The objective of this article is to demonstrate a bright line beyond which spillover of treatment renders experimental results misleading. We focus on a highly publicized recent test...

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VerfasserInnen: Ariel, Barak (VerfasserIn) ; Sherman, Lawrence W. 1949- (VerfasserIn) ; Sutherland, Alex (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Journal of experimental criminology
Jahr: 2019, Band: 15, Heft: 4, Seiten: 569-591
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Body-worn cameras
Unit of randomization
Spillover effects
SUTVA
Interference
Partial interference
Experiments
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Zusammenfassung:A central issue in experiments is protecting the integrity of causal identification from treatment spillover effects. The objective of this article is to demonstrate a bright line beyond which spillover of treatment renders experimental results misleading. We focus on a highly publicized recent test of police body cameras that violated the key assumption of a valid experiment: independence of treatment conditions for each unit of analysis.
ISSN:1572-8315
DOI:10.1007/s11292-018-9344-4