Ratcliffe's random ramblings

Here's the article: Meyer M. N., et al. , Objecting to experiments that compare two unobjectionable policies or treatments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116, 10723–10728 (2019). https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1820701116

The full citation is: John M. MacDonald, Wilson Hernandez, Anthony A. Braga, Eugenia C. South, and Charles C. Branas: The Effects of Street Cleaning on Serious Crime and Gun Violence in Philadelphia, 2023–2024: A Stratified Randomized Controlled Trial American Journal of Public Health 0, e1_e9, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308429

See the full study: Wong, J. S., Bouchard, J., Gravel, J., Bouchard, M., & Morselli, C. (2016). Can at-risk youth be diverted from crime? A meta-analysis of restorative diversion programs. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 43(10), 1310–1329.

The report by Professor Iain Brennan and Professor Mark Kelson can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-violence-reduction-orders-independent-evaluation-report/serious-violence-reduction-orders-independent-evaluation-report#references

The cited study is Weisburd, D., Gill, C., Wooditch, A. et al. Building collective action at crime hot spots: Findings from a randomized field experiment. J Exp Criminol 17, 161–191 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-019-09401-1