Public Health Law Research

Figures and Tables vii
Foreword ix
Michelle A. Larkin
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
The Editors xv
The Contributors xvii
PART ONE Framing Public Health Law Research
1. A Framework for Public Health Law Research 3
Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey W. Swanson,Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, and Michelle M. Mello
2. Law in Public Health Systems and Services Research 23
Scott Burris, Glen P. Mays, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and JenniferK. Ibrahim
PART TWO Understanding How Law Influences Environments andBehavior
3. Perspectives from Public Health 49
Kelli A. Komro, Ryan J. O'Mara, and Alexander C.Wagenaar
4. Law and Society Approaches 87
Robin Stryker
5. Criminological Theories 109
Wesley G. Jennings and Tom Mieczkowski
6. Procedural Justice Theory 131
Tom R. Tyler and Avital Mentovich
7. Economic Theory 147
Frank J. Chaloupka
8. The Theory of Triadic Influence 169
Brian R. Flay and Marc B. Schure
9. Integrating Diverse Theories for Public Health Law Evaluation193
Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar
PART THREE Identifying and Measuring Legal Variables
10. Picturing Public Health Law Research: The Value of CausalDiagrams 217
Jeffrey W. Swanson and Jennifer K. Ibrahim
11. Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for EmpiricalResearch 237
Evan D. Anderson, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas, and Alexander C.Wagenaar
12. Coding Case Law for Public Health Law Evaluation 261
Mark Hall
PART FOUR Designing Public Health Law Evaluations
13. Evaluating Public Health Law Using Randomized Experiments283
Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, and Allison J. Carnegie
14. Natural Experiments: Research Design Elements for OptimalCausal Inference Without Randomization 307
Alexander C. Wagenaar and Kelli A. Komro
15. Qualitative Research Strategies for Public Health LawEvaluation 325
Jennifer Wood
16. Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis of PublicHealth Laws 347
Ted R. Miller and Delia Hendrie
17. The Future of Public Health Law Research 379
Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar
References 387
Name Index 443
Subject Index 461