Abstract

To support the development and implementation of evidence-based crime reduction, we systematically identified and appraised 70 systematic reviews of single crime reduction measures published between 1975 and 2015. Using the EMMIE framework, we find that the quality of reporting on the Effectiveness of crime reduction measures is reasonably strong, particularly in systematic reviews published by the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations. In contrast, evidence concerning the Mechanisms underpinning a crime reduction intervention, the conditions that Moderate effectiveness, Implementation challenges and the Economic costs and benefits of crime reduction was largely absent from the assessed systematic reviews. We conclude that there is a distinct lack of systematic review evidence in crime reduction that currently speaks to the knowledge needs of practitioners (i.e., how to make an intervention “work” for them).

摘要

为了支持发展和实施循证减少犯罪，我们系统地确定和评估了1975年至2015年期间发布的70项针对减少犯罪的单一措施的系统评价。使用EMMIE框架，我们发现减少犯罪有效性的报告质量这些措施相当强大，尤其是在Cochrane和Campbell合作组织发表的系统评价中。相反，有关减少犯罪干预机制的机制，适度效力的条件，实施挑战和经济方面的证据评估的系统评价大体上没有减少犯罪的成本和收益。我们得出的结论是，在减少犯罪方面明显缺乏系统的审查证据，这些证据目前说明了从业者的知识需求（即，如何为他们提供干预“工作”）。