Randomized experiments in criminology: What have we learned in the last two decades?

2005/03/16 by David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh · 2 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Crime Patterns and Interventions #Crime prevention #Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis #Criminology #Juvenile delinquency #Medicine #Psychiatry #Psychological intervention #Psychology #Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending #Randomized controlled trial #Randomized experiment

paper · doi:10.1007/s11292-004-6460-0

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• Evaluating offending behaviour programmes
• Randomized controlled trial [wikipedia]