The "Experimenting Agency": The California Youth Authority Research Division.

Palmer, Ted; Petrosino, Anthony

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ERIC Number: EJ676817

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Publication Date: 2003

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The "Experimenting Agency": The California Youth Authority Research Division.

Palmer, Ted; Petrosino, Anthony

Evaluation Review, v27 n3 p228-66 Jun 2003

Describes the randomized field trials conducted by the California Youth Authority in the 1960s and 1970s and discusses why such rigorous tests were used and why they eventually came to be used less often. (SLD)

Descriptors: Criminology, Experiments, Field Studies, Research Design, Research Methodology

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Language: English

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