Increasing equivalence in small- sample place- based experiments: Taking advantage of block randomization methods

Experimental Criminology: Prospects for Advancing Science and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 141-162

  Gill, Charlotte E ^a,b   Weisburd, David ^a,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139424776.009     Document Type: Chapter

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