Journal article
Using laboratory experiments to study law and crime
Quality & quantity, Vol.47(3), pp.1639-1655
04/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114838
Abstract
The 19th and 20th centuries produced breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, and the biological sciences. Laboratory research played an important role in the rapid advances made in these fields. Laboratory research can also contribute progress in the social sciences and, in particular, to law and criminology. To make this argument, we begin by discussing what laboratory experiments can and cannot do. We then provide three illustrations of lab experiments that have contributed to understanding of crime and law and discuss how these laboratory data complement those gained through other methods.
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- Title
- Using laboratory experiments to study law and crime
- Creators
- Christine Horne - Department of Sociology Washington State University 204 Wilson-Short Hall Pullman WA 99164 USAHeiko Rauhut - ETH Zurich CLU E6, Clausiusstrasse 50 8092 Zurich Switzerland
- Publication Details
- Quality & quantity, Vol.47(3), pp.1639-1655
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Dordrecht
- Identifiers
- 99900548029701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article