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What is vicarious deterrence?
The referenced study is Ariel, Barak, Ashley Englefield, and John Denley. ""I Heard It through the Grapevine": A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Direct and Vicarious Effects of Preventative Specific Deterrence Initiatives in Criminal Networks." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 109, no. 4 (2019): 819-67. A full copy of the article is available.
Jerry Ratcliffe
3 days ago1 min read
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Upgrading street lights reduces crime
The study mentioned is: MacDonald, J. M., Chalfin, A., Moritz, M., Wade, B., Mendlein, A. K., Braga, A. A., & South, E. (2025). Can...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Feb 51 min read
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Does domestic violence counseling work?
The cited paper is: Musodza, W., Khajehei, M., McLaughlin, K. et al. Counseling Interventions to Reduce Domestic Violence Against Women: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Family Violence (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-025-01009-6
Jerry Ratcliffe
Jan 221 min read
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Integrated Offender Management (IOM)
Some details from a relatively recent systematic review can be found in Hadfield, E., Sleath, E., Brown, S., & Holdsworth, E. (2020). A systematic review into the effectiveness of Integrated Offender Management. Criminology & Criminal Justice , 21 (5), 650-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820912295 A copy of the article is here:
Jerry Ratcliffe
Jan 221 min read
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Recruiting more women into policing
The paper cited is: Travis A Taniguchi, Jennifer R Rineer, Katherine Hoogesteyn, Sean Wire, Lauren Mangum (2023) Recruiting women into policing: Experimentally testing the effectiveness of recruiting materials, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice , 17, 2023, paad049, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad049 It can be downloaded here .
Jerry Ratcliffe
Jan 221 min read
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