Pretend it doesn't work: the 'anti-social' bias in the Maryland scientific methods scale

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 275-296

  Hope, Tim ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campbell Collaboration; Collective efficacy; Community crime prevention; Evaluation methods; Governance; Maryland Scientific Methods Scale; Priority Estates Project; Random controlled trials; Selection bias; Type 2 error

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645286740     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-005-9000-1     Document Type: Article

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