Richardson, M;
Newman, M;
Berry, G;
Stansfield, C;
Coombe, A;
Hodgkinson, J;
(2023)
A systematic evidence map of intervention evaluations to reduce gang-related violence.
Journal of Experimental Criminology
10.1007/s11292-023-09574-w.
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Abstract
Objective: To identify and map evaluations of interventions on gang violence using innovative systematic review methods to inform future research needs. Methods: A previous iteration of this map (Hodgkinson et al., (2009). “Reducing gang-related crime: A systematic review of ‘comprehensive’ interventions.”) was updated in 2021/22 with inclusion of evaluations since the original searches in 2006. Innovative automatic searching and screening was used concurrently with a ‘conventional’ strategy that utilised 58 databases and other online resources. Data were presented in an online interactive evidence gap map. Results: Two hundred and forty-eight evaluations were described, including 114 controlled studies, characterised as comprehensive interventions, encompassing more than one distinct type of intervention. Conclusion: This suggests a substantial body of previously unidentified robust evidence on interventions that could be synthesised to inform policy and practice decision-making. Further research is needed to investigate the extent to which using automated methodologies can improve the efficiency and quality of systematic reviews.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A systematic evidence map of intervention evaluations to reduce gang-related violence |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11292-023-09574-w |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09574-w |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Automatic searching · Automatic screening · Evaluation · Gang crime · Interactive online map · Intervention · Prevention · Systematic review · Systematic map |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10171465 |
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