Generating and using evidence to guide public policy and practice: Lessons from the Campbell Test-bed Project

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-294

  Cottingham, Phoebe ^a   Maynard, Rebecca ^b   Stagner, Matthew ^c  

^a Smith Richardson Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campbell Collaboration; Cochrane Collaboration; Crime prevention; Education; Effect size; Effectiveness; Impact; Interventions; RCTs; Social welfare; Systematic review methods; Test bed project

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746925967     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-005-0061-4     Document Type: Review

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