Assessing systematic evidence in crime and justice
Subtitle: methodological concerns and empirical outcomes
By: special editors, David Weisburd, Anthony Petrosino, and Cynthia M. Lum
Series: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science -- v. 587; Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science -- v. 587.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, CA; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Crime prevention; Research; Methodology; Criminology; Evaluation research (Social action programs); Meta-analysis
Notes: "May 2003"

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface  -- David Weisburd, Anthony Petrosino, and Cynthia M. Lum -- Section one.; title: Improving methods for evaluating crime and justice evidence --; title: Cures that harm: unanticipated outcomes of crime prevention programs  -- Joan McCord; title: When can we conclude that treatments or programs "Don't work"?  -- Weisburd, Lum, and Sue-Ming Yang; title: Methodological quality standards for evaluation research  -- David P. Farrington; title: Those confounded moderators in meta-analysis: good, bad, and ugly  -- Mark W. Lipsey -- Section two.; title: Research findings from prevention and intervention studies --; title: Effects of child skills training in preventing antisocial behavior: a systematic review of randomized evaluations  -- Friedrich Lösel, Andreas Beelmann; title: Effects of closed-circuit television on crime  -- Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington; title: The effectiveness of juvenile curfews at crime prevention  -- Kenneth Adams; title: The costs and benefits of sentencing: a systematic review  -- Cynthia McDougall, Mark A. Cohen, Raymond Swaray, and Amanda Perry -- Section 3. Review article.; title: Standards for evidence and evidence for standards: the case of the school-based drug prevention -- Anthony Petrosino.