The impact of program developers as evaluators on criminal recidivism: Results from meta-analyses of experimental and quasi-experimental research

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-450

  Petrosino, Anthony ^a   Soydan, Haluk ^b  

^a Learning Innovations at West Ed   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Offender rehabilitation; Program evaluation; Randomized experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746895136     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-005-3540-8     Document Type: Article

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