"Public Health Law Research: Theory and Methods" explores the mechanisms, theories and models central to public health law research. This new volume, edited by Scott Burris, JD and Alexander Wagenaar, PhD, describes the many ways laws can affect health. Written by the nation's foremost public health law researchers, the chapters present: · Integrated theory drawn from numerous disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. · Specific mechanisms of legal effect, and from there, guidelines for collecting and coding empirical datasets of statutory and case law needed for scientific evaluation of laws' effects on health. · Optimal research designs for randomized trials and natural experiments for public health law evaluation, and methods for qualitative and cost-benefit studies of law. Published by Jossey-Bass (a division of Wiley), the book features 17 chapters on framing public health law research, understanding how law influences the environment and behavior, identifying and measuring legal variables, and designing public health law evaluations. Earlier versions of some of the chapters have been previously published as Methods Guides on the PHLR website. More information about the book, including a full table of contents and excerpts can be found through the publisher. |