Legal Epidemiology by Alexander C. Wagenaar, Rosalie Liccardo... - 9781119906520

Legal EpidemiologyTheory and Methods\nAuthor(s): Alexander C. Wagenaar, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Scott Burris\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781119906520, 978-1119906520\nSynopsis\nExplore how the law shapes and influences public health In the newly revised second edition of Legal Epidemiology: Theory and Methods, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a thorough primer on the problems that arise in legal epidemiologyand potential solutions to those problems. Following an introduction to the basic concepts of the field in Part One, the book offers a rich collection of theories that researchers have used to study how law influences behavior in Part Two. The book also covers the special questions of measurement that arise when law is the independent variable and the various study designs for legal epidemiology. Drawing on the full range of social, psychological, sociological, and sociolegal disc.