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Measuring law for evaluation research.

Charles Tremper1, Sue Thomas, Alexander C Wagenaar

  • 1Perutilis Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

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Combining social science and law offers valuable policy insights but faces challenges. This guide provides practical solutions for effective multidisciplinary evaluations using legal data.

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Area of Science:

  • Social Science Research Methods
  • Legal Studies
  • Policy Evaluation

Background:

  • Interdisciplinary research combining social science and law holds significant potential for understanding governmental policy impacts.
  • This potential is often unrealized due to overlooked substantive and methodological challenges in such research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide detailed guidance for conducting successful multidisciplinary evaluations that incorporate legal data.
  • To address common issues encountered in social science-law research and offer practical solutions.

Main Methods:

  • The study synthesizes practical solutions based on extensive author experience.
  • It incorporates recommended best practices developed with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Law Research Program.

Main Results:

  • The article identifies key substantive and methodological challenges in social science-law evaluations.
  • It offers actionable strategies and best practices for overcoming these hurdles.

Conclusions:

  • Effective multidisciplinary evaluations using legal data require careful attention to methodological and substantive issues.
  • Adherence to best practices can enhance the impact and validity of policy evaluations.