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    Initial Behavior Outcomes For The Peace Builders Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Program
    • May 23, 2017

    Initial Behavior Outcomes For The Peace Builders Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Program

    AUTHORS Flannery Et Al (2003) STUDY OBJECTIVE The study evaluates the impact of a program called Peace Builders, a universal,...
    Feelings of Safety in the Presence of the Police, Security Guards, and Police Volunteers
    • May 22, 2017

    Feelings of Safety in the Presence of the Police, Security Guards, and Police Volunteers

    AUTHORS Doyle et al. (2015) STUDY OBJECTIVE Uniformed presence is commonly thought to create feelings of safety in people. However, do...
    The New Face Of Street Gangs: The Gang Phenomenon In El Salvador
    • May 18, 2017

    The New Face Of Street Gangs: The Gang Phenomenon In El Salvador

    AUTHORS Cruz et al. (2017) STUDY OBJECTIVE The study tries to understand under what conditions gang members are able to leave a gang. The...
    An Experimental Evaluation Of A Comprehensive Employment-Oriented Prisoner Re-Entry Program
    • May 17, 2017

    An Experimental Evaluation Of A Comprehensive Employment-Oriented Prisoner Re-Entry Program

    AUTHORS Cook et al. (2015) STUDY OBJECTIVE While the economic model of crime suggests that improving post-prison labor market prospects...
    A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Of Classroom-Based Mindfulness Meditation Compared To An Active
    • May 16, 2017

    A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Of Classroom-Based Mindfulness Meditation Compared To An Active

    AUTHORS Britton et al. (2014) STUDY OBJECTIVE The current study is a pilot trial to examine the effects of a nonelective,...
    Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes Among Youth? Evidence From A Randomized T
    • May 16, 2017

    Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes Among Youth? Evidence From A Randomized T

    AUTHORS Calero et al. (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE This study tested whether an arts-based training program could improve soft-skills among...
    Problem Oriented Policing In Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
    • May 15, 2017

    Problem Oriented Policing In Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment

    AUTHORS Braga et al. (1999) STUDY OBJECTIVE This randomized controlled trial evaluates the impact of problem oriented policing (aimed at...
    How To Promote Order And Property Rights Under Weak Rule Of Law? An Experiment In Changing Dispute R
    • May 9, 2017

    How To Promote Order And Property Rights Under Weak Rule Of Law? An Experiment In Changing Dispute R

    AUTHORS Blattman, Hartman & Blair (2014) STUDY OBJECTIVE In weak states, strengthening formal institutions can take decades, so state and...
    Pre-Analysis Plan for “The Impact of Hotspot Policing and Municipal Services on Crime:  Experimental
    • May 8, 2017

    Pre-Analysis Plan for “The Impact of Hotspot Policing and Municipal Services on Crime:  Experimental

    AUTHORS Blattman et al. (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to estimate the direct and indirect (spillover) effects of a...
    Building Trust in a Reformed Security Sector: A Field Experiment in Liberia
    • May 8, 2017

    Building Trust in a Reformed Security Sector: A Field Experiment in Liberia

    AUTHORS Blair, Karim, and Morse (2016 STUDY OBJECTIVE A rigorous impact evaluation of the LNP’s “Confidence Patrol” community policing...
    Participatory Democracy in Action: Survey Evidence from South India
    • May 5, 2017

    Participatory Democracy in Action: Survey Evidence from South India

    AUTHORS Besley, Pande, & Rao (2005) STUDY OBJECTIVE There is much cynicism about the effects of participatory community institutions in...
    Policing Ethnicity: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence on Discrimination, Cooperation, and Ethnic Balancing i
    • May 5, 2017

    Policing Ethnicity: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence on Discrimination, Cooperation, and Ethnic Balancing i

    AUTHORS Blair et al. (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE Advocates argue that “ethnic balancing” reduces discrimination; opponents counter that it...
    Reducing the Gap in Perceptions of Legitimacy of Victims and Non-Victims: The Importance of Police P
    • May 4, 2017

    Reducing the Gap in Perceptions of Legitimacy of Victims and Non-Victims: The Importance of Police P

    AUTHORS Aviv & Weisburd (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE Crime victims are a unique subgroup who evaluate the police and police legitimacy more...
    Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras
    • May 4, 2017

    Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras

    AUTHORS Berg & Carranza (2015) STUDY OBJECTIVE This is an ethnographic study that explores safe communities in Honduras in order to...
    Contagious Accountability: A Global Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Police Bo
    • May 3, 2017

    Contagious Accountability: A Global Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Police Bo

    AUTHORS Ariel et al. (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE Results from a global, multisite randomized controlled trial on whether body-worn camera use...
    Soft Policing at Hot Spots: Do Police Community Support Officers Work? A Randomized Controlled Trial
    • May 3, 2017

    Soft Policing at Hot Spots: Do Police Community Support Officers Work? A Randomized Controlled Trial

    AUTHORS Ariel, Weinborn, & Sherman (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE 1) To determine whether crime-reduction effects of increased police patrols in...
    Short-term Effects of Restorative Justice Conferences on Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Robber
    • May 2, 2017

    Short-term Effects of Restorative Justice Conferences on Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Robber

    AUTHORS Angel et al. (2014) STUDY OBJECTIVE This study examined the impact of face-to-face restorative justice conference meetings led by...
    Predictable Policing: Measuring the Crime Control Benefits of Hotspots Policing at Bus Stops
    • May 2, 2017

    Predictable Policing: Measuring the Crime Control Benefits of Hotspots Policing at Bus Stops

    AUTHORS Ariel & Partridge (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE Evidence suggests that hotspot policing is an effective crime prevention strategy. In...
    Towards a Framework for Preventing Community Violence Among Youth
    • May 1, 2017

    Towards a Framework for Preventing Community Violence Among Youth

    AUTHOR Abt (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE The author provides a new framework to understand how community violence affects the youth. The author...
    Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital, and Future Crime : Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges
    • Apr 28, 2017

    Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital, and Future Crime : Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges

    AUTHORS Aizer & Doyle (2015) STUDY OBJECTIVE Imprisonment can disrupt life trajectories by removing young individuals from schooling. In...

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