Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: Best evidence on "what works" for criminal justice decision makers

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Petrosino, Anthony ^a   Lavenberg, Julia ^b  

^a Learning Innovations at West Ed   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evaluation; Meta analysis; Policy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248185490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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