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Meta‐Analysis in Criminal Justice and Criminology: What It is, When It's Useful, and What to Watch Out for

Pages 152-168 | Published online: 06 Apr 2010

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Jillian J. Turanovic & Travis C. Pratt. (2021) Meta-Analysis in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Challenging the Paradigm and Charting a New Path Forward. Justice Evaluation Journal 4:1, pages 21-47.
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Brandon Mathews. (2015) An Examination of Criminal Justice Curricula in Colorado: Searching for Evidence-based Practices. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 26:4, pages 357-370.
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An-Di Yim & Nicholas V. Passalacqua. (2023) A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Race in the Criminal Justice System with Respect to Forensic Science Decision Making: Implications for Forensic Anthropology. Humans 3:3, pages 203-218.
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David Weisburd, Anthony A. Braga & Malay Majmundar. 2023. The Future of Evidence-Based Policing. The Future of Evidence-Based Policing 107 125 .
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Bitna Kim, Alida V. Merlo & Yeonghee Kim. (2023) Intrafamilial Child Homicide: an Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews. Journal of Family Violence.
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Bitna Kim & Alida V. Merlo. (2021) Domestic Homicide: A Synthesis of Systematic Review Evidence. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 24:2, pages 776-793.
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Bitna Kim, Chunghyeon Seo & Young-Oh Hong. (2020) A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Income Inequality and Crime in Europe: Do Places Matter?. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 28:4, pages 573-596.
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Natasha Pusch. (2022) A Meta-Analytic Review of Social Learning Theory and Teen Dating Violence Perpetration. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, pages 002242782211300.
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Natasha Pusch. (2021) Macro-level Criminological Perspectives and School Delinquency: A Meta-analysis. Youth & Society 54:7, pages 1247-1279.
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Jillian J. Turanovic, Travis C. Pratt, Teresa C. Kulig & Francis T. Cullen. 2022. Confronting School Violence. Confronting School Violence.
Bitna Kim. (2022) Ecological System Levels of Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide Perpetration and Victimization: A Three-Level Meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, pages 152483802210821.
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Bitna Kim, Alida V. Merlo, Junhwi Park & Young-Oh Hong. (2020) A Systematic Review of Public Housing, Poverty (De)Concentration, and Risk Behaviors: What About Youth?. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 23:1, pages 73-87.
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Bitna Kim. (2022) Publication bias: A “bird's-eye view” of meta-analytic practice in criminology and criminal justice. Journal of Criminal Justice 78, pages 101878.
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Caterina G. Roman. (2021) An evaluator’s reflections and lessons learned about gang intervention strategies: an agenda for research. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research 13:2/3, pages 148-167.
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David C. Pyrooz, Chris Melde, Donna L. Coffman & Ryan C. Meldrum. (2021) Selection, stability, and spuriousness: Testing Gottfredson and Hirschi's propositions to reinterpret street gangs in self‐control perspective * . Criminology 59:2, pages 224-253.
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Natasha Pusch & Kristy Holtfreter. (2020) Individual and Organizational Predictors of White-Collar Crime: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime 2:1, pages 5-23.
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Chunghyeon Seo, Bitna Kim & Nathan E. Kruis. (2021) Variation across police response models for handling encounters with people with mental illnesses: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice 72, pages 101752.
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Natasha Pusch & Kristy Holtfreter. (2020) Sex-Based Differences in Criminal Victimization of Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 50:1, pages 4-28.
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Matthew P. West, Melissa Rorie & Mark A. Cohen. (2018) The “Pliability” of Criminological Analyses: Assessing Bias in Regression Estimates Using Monte Carlo Simulations. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 36:2, pages 371-394.
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Bernd Dollinger. (2018) Paradigmen sozial- und erziehungswissenschaftlicher Wirkungsforschung: Eine Analyse kausaltheoretischer Annahmen und ihrer Folgen für die Soziale ArbeitParadigms of socio-scientific and educational evaluative research. An analysis of causal assumptions and their consequences for social work. Soziale Passagen 10:2, pages 245-262.
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Natasha Pusch & Kristy Holtfreter. (2017) Gender and Risk Assessment in Juvenile Offenders: A Meta-Analysis. Criminal Justice and Behavior 45:1, pages 56-81.
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Bernd Dollinger. 2018. Evidenzorientierte Kriminalprävention in Deutschland. Evidenzorientierte Kriminalprävention in Deutschland 187 203 .
Martin Schmucker & Friedrich Lösel. (2017) Sexual offender treatment for reducing recidivism among convicted sex offenders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 13:1, pages 1-75.
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Francis T. Cullen, Travis C. Pratt & Jillian J. Turanovic. (2016) It's Hopeless. Criminology & Public Policy 15:4, pages 1215-1227.
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TRAVIS C. PRATT, JILLIAN J. TURANOVIC & FRANCIS T. CULLEN. (2016) REVISITING THE CRIMINOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE TO FETAL TESTOSTERONE: A META-ANALYSIS OF THE 2D:4D DIGIT RATIO*. Criminology 54:4, pages 587-620.
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David C. Pyrooz, Jillian J. Turanovic, Scott H. Decker & Jun Wu. (2015) Taking Stock of the Relationship Between Gang Membership and Offending. Criminal Justice and Behavior 43:3, pages 365-397.
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Martin Schmucker & Friedrich Lösel. (2015) The effects of sexual offender treatment on recidivism: an international meta-analysis of sound quality evaluations. Journal of Experimental Criminology 11:4, pages 597-630.
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Helen R. Bayliss & Fiona R. Beyer. (2015) Information retrieval for ecological syntheses. Research Synthesis Methods 6:2, pages 136-148.
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Daniel J. Lytle. (2014) The Effects of Suspect Characteristics on Arrest: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice 42:6, pages 589-597.
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TRAVIS C. PRATT, JILLIAN J. TURANOVIC, KATHLEEN A. FOX & KEVIN A. WRIGHT. (2014) SELF-CONTROL AND VICTIMIZATION: A META-ANALYSIS. Criminology 52:1, pages 87-116.
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Bitna Kim & Soo‐Jung Byoun. 2014. The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice 1 5 .
Kathleen Daly, Brigitte Bouhours, Roderic Broadhurst & Nini Loh. (2013) Youth sex offending, recidivism and restorative justice: Comparing court and conference cases. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 46:2, pages 241-267.
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