@article{ref1,
title="Toward an "age of imposed use"? Evidence-based crime policy in a law and social science context",
journal="Criminal justice policy review",
year="2018",
author="Zane, Steven N. and Welsh, Brandon C.",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="280-300",
abstract="Central to the evidence-based paradigm is the explicit goal to increase the influence of scientific research on public policy. The research utilization literature delineates a number of ways that evaluation research can exert an influence on policy decisions, including conceptual, instrumental, and political. Limitations of these routes of research influence on policy and a growing interest in the evidence-based paradigm have given rise to &quot;imposed use,&quot; first coined by Carol Weiss. To better understand the potential promise of imposed use, this review article explores the role of social science research in a law and policy context. Legal reasoning differs from scientific reasoning in important ways, illustrating that law is part of a normative context in which scientific evidence presents one consideration among many. This context helps frame how imposed use can play a role in advancing evidence-based crime policy. Consistent with Weiss's reflections on imposed use, it also suggests important limitations for doing so.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-4034",
doi="10.1177/0887403417694068",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887403417694068"
}