Gold standard or fool's gold? The pursuit of certainty in experimental criminology

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Hough, Mike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; randomized controlled trials (RCTs); rehabilitation; work with offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949877827     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895809352597     Document Type: Article

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