Improving the evaluation of anticrime programs: There's work to be done

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-527

  Lipsey, Mark W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticrime programs; Crime program evaluation; Experiments; Observational methods; Program implementation; Quasi experiments; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846264540     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-006-9022-9     Document Type: Review

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