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Dec 1, 2021 · Premature mortality represents an important outcome for crime and violence prevention and related social interventions, but little is known about premature mortality in relation to these interventions. This article assesses the impact of interventions for at-risk and criminally involved youths and adults on premature mortality over the life-course. Systematic review methods are used, including ...
The effect sizes also represent the dependent variable in the meta-analysis, and more advanced syntheses explore the role of potential moderating variables, such as sample size or other characteristics related to effect size.When done well and with full integrity, a systematic review using meta-analysis can provide the most comprehensive assessment of the available evaluative literature ...
- Anthony Petrosino, Claire Morgan, Trevor Fronius
- 2018
Homeless populations are at substantially increased risk of crime victimisation, highlighting the need for strategic and targeted approaches to prevent homelessness and to help people out of homelessness. Improvements in multiagency working (such as between homeless shelters, health-care services, substance misuse services, and police forces) might be important to reduce the risk of ...
- Sandra Feodor Nilsson, Merete Nordentoft, Merete Nordentoft, Merete Nordentoft, Seena Fazel, Seena F...
- 2020
Oct 8, 2022 · 2. Method. We answered our research questions with a scoping literature review, which is described as ‘a form of knowledge synthesis that addresses an exploratory research question aimed at mapping key concepts, types of evidence, and gaps in research related to a defined area or field by systematically searching, selecting, and synthesizing existing knowledge’ (Colquhoun et al., Citation ...
Jan 21, 2014 · Methods. This paper reports on the first empirical review of harmful effects of crime prevention programs, drawing upon 15 Campbell Collaboration systematic reviews. Altogether, 574 experimental and quasi-experimental studies (published and unpublished) with 645 independent effect sizes were reviewed.
- Brandon C. Welsh, Michael Rocque
- 2014
Apr 5, 2023 · Homicide rates are often used as an indicator of levels of crime. The reasons for this are both practical and conceptual. Practically speaking, homicide statistics tend to be more reliable than statistics for other forms of crime. Conceptually speaking, homicide and other forms of crime are often considered to be related: homicide is seen as the “tip of the iceberg” of underlying crime ...
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Aug 31, 2023 · One comprehensive summary of “what works” in violence prevention is a meta-review that is a decade old (Matjasko et al., 2012), which examined the effectiveness of youth violence prevention programs. Its findings suggested that interventions based on cognitive-behavioral therapy, parental training, peer mediation, or certain school-based approaches were most effective at reducing violence ...
