Public Health Law Research: Theory and Methods definitively explores the mechanisms, theories and models central to public health law research – a growing field dedicated to measuring and studying law as a central means for advancing public health. Editors Alexander C. Wagenaar and Scott Burris outline integrated theory drawn from numerous disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences; specific mechanisms of legal effect and guidelines for collecting and coding empirical datasets of statutory and case law; optimal research designs for randomized trials and natural experiments for public health law evaluation; and methods for qualitative and cost–benefit studies of law.. They also discuss the challenge of effectively translating the results of scientific evaluations into public health laws and highlight the impact of this growing field. “How exactly the law can best be used as a tool for protecting and enhancing the public’s health has long been the subject of solely opinion and anecdote. Enter Public Health Law Research , a discipline designed to bring the bright light of science to the relationships between law and health. This book is a giant step forward in illuminating that subject.” –– Stephen Teret, JD, MPH, Professor, Director, Center for Law and the Public?s Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health “Wagenaar and Burris bring a dose of much needed rigor to the empirical study of which public health law interventions really matter, and which don’t.” –– Bernard S. Black, JD, Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University Law School and Kellogg School of Management Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/wagenaar INDICE: Figures and Tables vii Foreword ix Michelle A. Larkin Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii The Editors xv The Contributors xvii PART ONE Framing Public Health Law Research 1. A Framework for Public Health Law Research 3 Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, and Michelle M. Mello 2. Law in Public Health Systems and Services Research 23 Scott Burris, Glen P. Mays, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and Jennifer K. Ibrahim PART TWO Understanding How Law Influences Environments and Behavior 3. Perspectives from Public Health 49 Kelli A. Komro, Ryan J. O’Mara, and Alexander C. Wagenaar 4. Law and Society Approaches 87 Robin Stryker 5. Criminological Theories 109 Wesley G. Jennings and Tom Mieczkowski 6. Procedural Justice Theory 131 Tom R. Tyler and Avital Mentovich 7. Economic Theory 147 Frank J. Chaloupka 8. The Theory of Triadic Influence 169 Brian R. Flay and Marc B. Schure 9. Integrating Diverse Theories for Public Health Law Evaluation 193 Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar PART THREE Identifying and Measuring Legal Variables 10. Picturing Public Health Law Research: The Value of Causal Diagrams 217 Jeffrey W. Swanson and Jennifer K. Ibrahim 11. Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for Empirical Research 237 Evan D. Anderson, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas, and Alexander C. Wagenaar 12. Coding Case Law for Public Health Law Evaluation 261 Mark Hall PART FOUR Designing Public Health Law Evaluations 13. Evaluating Public Health Law Using Randomized Experiments 283 Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, and Allison J. Carnegie 14. Natural Experiments: Research Design Elements for Optimal Causal Inference Without Randomization 307 Alexander C. Wagenaar and Kelli A. Komro 15. Qualitative Research Strategies for Public Health Law Evaluation 325 Jennifer Wood 16. Cost–Effectiveness and Cost–Benefit Analysis of Public Health Laws 347 Ted R. Miller and Delia Hendrie 17. The Future of Public Health Law Research 379 Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar References 387 Name Index 443 Subject Index 461
- ISBN: 978-1-118-13762-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 12/07/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés