Realist Methodology

Realist Methodology

1. Field Experiment - Poyner and Webb (1997)

   • Bull Ring in Birmingham
   • Asaprted the retail area so that there was improved lghting and that stalls were further apart

2. This reduced crime by 70% and is useful since it uncovers caause and effect relationships and changed in crime.

   • However how do we control all extraneous variables - reliability is thus questionable

3. The Perry Pre-School Project - Field Experiment

   • Used children aged 3/4. The experimental group were offered a 2 year intellectual enrichment programme whilst the control group's conditions remained the same
   • For disadvantaged children

4. Follow-up Longitudinal Study

   • Shown that by the age of 40, the experimental group had significantly fewer arrests and less violent crime. More crime came from control group. therefore, for every $1 spent on the programme, 17$ were saved in prison costs/maintenance.