Case-control studies: Design issues for criminological applications |
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| Authors: | Richard A. Goodman James A. Mercy Peter M. Layde Stephen B. Thacker |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Office of the Director, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control, 30333 Atlanta, Georgia;(2) Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control, Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, 30333 Atlanta, Georgia;(3) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, 510 North St. Joseph Avenue, 54449 Marshfield, Wisconsin;(4) Office of the Director, Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, 30333 Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Abstract: | The current understanding of the determinants of homicide derives primarily from studies in which data are aggregated for geopolitical units. Case-control studies and other analytic methods are needed to test causal hypotheses regarding the risk of homicide victimization or perpetration for individuals. Strengths and limitations of the case-control method are illustrated by comparing the design with cohort studies. Fundamental issues include the selection and comparability of cases and controls, effects of biases, interpretation of risk estimates, and problems of implementation. Increased use of this method should advance our understanding of homicide and other forms of intentional violence.Presented in part at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, California, November 16, 1985. |
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| Keywords: | case-control studies cohort studies homicide |
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