The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk

combination. <strong>The</strong> search terms were deliberately left broad (they do not include limiting
terms such as ‘evaluation,’ ‘experiment,’ ‘trial’) so that relevant background literature
could also be systematically obtained through the searches. ‘*’ indicates where terms
were truncated to find all possible variants <strong>of</strong> the word:
probation* AND supervis* AND case* AND (intens* OR frequen* OR ratio)
AND (recidiv* OR *arrest* OR *convict*)
Electronic Search Results
Total Hits: 30,591
(Includes duplicates within and across databases)
Potential Study Reports: 528
(Includes duplicates)
Report Title and Abstract Screening: 410
Reports Retrieved and Coded
in Full: 194*
Passed screen but could not be
obtained: 45**
Eligible Reports: 21*** Ineligible: 102
Independent Studies
(Modules): 47
Experiments: 38
Quasi-experiments and RCTs
with high attrition: 9
* Reports not classed ‘eligible’ or ‘ineligible contained supplementary information on eligible studies or
relevant background literature.
** Some <strong>of</strong> these reports may include information that was obtained from other retrieved documents.
*** Includes some studies obtained from sources other than the electronic search.
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