Experimental criminology: prospects for advancing science and public policy
Experimental criminology is a part of a larger and increasingly expanding scientific research and evidence-based movement in social policy. The essays in this volume report on new and innovative contributions that experimental criminology is making to basic scientific knowledge and public policy. Co...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
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| Summary: | Experimental criminology is a part of a larger and increasingly expanding scientific research and evidence-based movement in social policy. The essays in this volume report on new and innovative contributions that experimental criminology is making to basic scientific knowledge and public policy. Contributors explore cutting-edge experimental and quasi-experimental methods and their application to important and topical issues in criminology and criminal justice, including neurological predictors of violence, peer influence on delinquency, routine activities and capable guardianship, early childhood prevention programs, hot spots policing, and correctional treatment for juvenile and adult offenders. It is the first book to examine the full scope of experimental criminology, from experimental tests - in the field and in the laboratory - of criminological theories and concepts to experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of crime prevention and criminal justice interventions Experimenting with crime and criminal justice / Brandon C. Welsh, Anthony A. Braga, and Gerben J. N. Bruinsma -- Experimental tests of criminological theory / Jean Marie McGloin and Kyle J. Thomas -- Experimental neurocriminology : etiology and treatment / Adrian Raine, Michael Rocque, and Brandon C. Welsh -- Computer simulation experiments and the development of criminological theory / Christopher J. Sullivan -- Experiments in guardianship research / Maud van Bavel and Henk Elffers -- Randomized experiments in criminology : what has been learned from long-term follow-ups? / David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh -- Increasing equivalence in small sample place-based experiments: taking advantage of block randomization methods / Charlotte E. Gill and David Weisburd -- Multisite randomized trials in criminology / Doris Layton MacKenzie, Janani Umamaheswar, and Li-Chen Lin -- Using regression discontinuity designs in crime research / Emily G. Owens and Jens Ludwig -- Quasi-experimentation when random assignment is not possible : observations from practical experiences in the field / Anthony A. Braga -- Systematic reviews and cost-benefit analyses : toward evidence-based crime policy / Brandon C. Welsh, Peter H. van der Laan, and Meghan E. Hollis -- Integrating experimental and observational methods to improve criminology and criminal justice policy / Anthony A. Braga, Brandon C. Welsh, and Gerben J. N. Bruinsma |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2014) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (322 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781139424776 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781139424776 |