What do we know about what works to reduce crime? A systematic review of systematic reviews

• In Event: Improvements in Knowledge Development

Abstract

Evaluation research concerned with what works to reduce crime is vast but of variable quality. In response, systematic reviews have emerged as a method of sifting, assessing and summarizing the available evidence. However, systematic reviews themselves vary in quality, differ in terms of the issues to which they speak, and can be difficult to locate. In this presentation, we report the findings of a large study that involved systematically searching the existing literature to provide a map of what systematic reviews exist and, using the EMMIE scale, to map out what we know about what works to reduce crime.

Authors

• Shane Johnson, University College London, UK

• Kate Bowers, University College London, UK

• Lisa Tompson, University College London, UK

• Gloria Laycock, University College London, UK

• Nick Tilley, University College London, UK

• Aiden Sidebottom, University College London, UK

• Amy Thornton, University College London, UK