Randomized experiments in criminology: What has been learned from long- term follow- ups?

Experimental Criminology: Prospects for Advancing Science and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 111-140

  Farrington, David P ^a   Welsh, Brandon C ^b,c  

^a School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Northeastern University ^*

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84923386624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139424776.008     Document Type: Chapter

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