Knowledge

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...