Preceded by Public health law research / Alexander C. Wagenaar, Scott Burris, editors. c2013. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Legal Epidemiology / Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, and Michelle M. Mello -- Law in Public Health Systems and Services Research / Scott Burris, Glen P. Mays, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and Jennifer K. Ibrahim -- Perspectives from Public Health / Kelli A. Komro and Alexander C. Wagenaar -- Law and Society Approaches / Robin Stryker -- Criminological Theories / Wesley G. Jennings and Tom Mieczkowski -- Procedural Justice Theory / Tom R. Tyler and Avital Mentovich -- Economic Theory / Frank J. Chaloupka and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula -- The Theory of Triadic Influence / Marc B. Schure, Kazi Faria Islam, and Brian R. Flay -- Integrating Diverse Theories for Public Health Law Evaluation / Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar -- Picturing Public Health Law Research : The Value of Causal Diagrams / Jeffrey W. Swanson and Jennifer K. Ibrahim -- Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for Empirical Research / Evan D. Anderson, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas, and Alexander C. Wagenaar -- Coding Case Law for Public Health Law Evaluation / Mark Hall -- Randomized Trials in Legal Epidemiology / Harold Pollack, Alida Bouris, and Scott Cunningham -- Natural Experiments: Research Design Elements for Optimal Causal Inference Without Randomization / Alexander C. Wagenaar and Kelli A. Komro -- Qualitative Research Strategies for Public Health Law Evaluation / Jennifer Wood -- Using Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis to Evaluate Public Health Laws / Rosalie Liccardo Pacula -- The Future of Research in Legal Epidemiology / Scott Burris, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, and Alexander C. Wagenaar.
Summary:
"This book describes scientific theory and methods for investigating the development, implementation, and effects of public health law. The empirical study of law is an exercise applying normal scientific methods. There is no special science of public health law research. Epidemiology, economics, physiology, and sociology do not change when law is the topic of investigation. That said, there are unique challenges to studying law, and a set of theory, measurement, and research design tools that specifically help to meet those challenges. This book is not a general primer on scientific research methods. Its focus is on the problems that arise in legal epidemiology - and their solutions. And so it is intended for many kinds of readers: experienced social science researchers who are interested in adding public health law research to their repertoire; experienced health scientists who wish to expand their research from interventions at the individual or small-group levels to community or society-wide "treatments" operating through law; legal scholars interested in how social scientists approach the study of law; policy analysts seeking to enhance their toolkit to include empirical evaluations of public health laws and policies; students and novice scientists who can hone their general skills through the study of public health law; and non-scientists who are seeking a general orientation to legal epidemiology"-- Provided by publisher.
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