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The Oxford handbook of evidence-based crime and justice policy / edited by Brandon C. Welsh, Steven N. Zane and Daniel P. Mears.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Oxford handbooks onlinePublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780197618141
Other title:
  • Handbook of evidence-based crime and justice policy
  • Evidence-based crime and justice policy
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 364 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6025
Online resources: The need for & the threats to improved public policy are equally acute. Crime policy agenda continues to be driven by anecdotal evidence & political ideology, resulting in a patchwork of programs, policies, & practices. All-too-frequently, the need for them is uncertain, they rest on unclear theoretical foundations, they are implemented poorly, & their effectiveness in preventing or controlling crime, or furthering justice, is unknown. Putting research evidence at centre-stage in political & policy decisions can go a long way to addressing this state of affairs by ensuring that the best available data informs decisions that affect the public good. Situated within this wider context, this handbook showcases much of what is right with evidence-based crime & justice policy as well as confronts the challenges that it faces today & looking forward.
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Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The need for & the threats to improved public policy are equally acute. Crime policy agenda continues to be driven by anecdotal evidence & political ideology, resulting in a patchwork of programs, policies, & practices. All-too-frequently, the need for them is uncertain, they rest on unclear theoretical foundations, they are implemented poorly, & their effectiveness in preventing or controlling crime, or furthering justice, is unknown. Putting research evidence at centre-stage in political & policy decisions can go a long way to addressing this state of affairs by ensuring that the best available data informs decisions that affect the public good. Situated within this wider context, this handbook showcases much of what is right with evidence-based crime & justice policy as well as confronts the challenges that it faces today & looking forward.

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