How to Measure Law for Quantitative Research – A Resource Guide
For guidance in conducting multidisciplinary evaluations using legal data, researchers may wish to consult the following publications that serve as guides to applying the scientific method to measure the law for quantitative research:
Anderson, E.D., Thomas, S., Treffers, R.D., & Wagenaar, A.C. (2023). Measuring statutory law and regulations for empirical research. In Alexander C. Wagenaar, Rosalie Licardo Pacula, Scott Burris (Eds.): Legal Epidemiology: Theory and Methods Jossey-Bass.
Blanchette, J. G., Pacula, R. L., Smart, R., Lira, M. C., Pessar, S. C., & Naimi, T. S. (2022). The Cannabis Policy Scale: A new research and surveillance tool for US states. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 83(6), 829-838.
Burris, S., Cloud, L. K., & Penn, M. (2020). The growing field of legal epidemiology. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 26, S4-S9.
Burris, S., Pacula, R. L., & Wagenaar, A. C. (2023). The Future of Research in Legal Epidemiology. Legal Epidemiology: Theory and Methods, 357.
Burris, S., Wagenaar, A.C., Swanson, J.W., Ibrahim, J.K., Wood, J., Mello, M.M. (2010). Making the case for laws that improve health: A framework for public health law research. Milbank Quarterly, 88(2):169-210.
Naimi, T.S., Blanchette, J., Nelson, T.F., Nguyen, T., Oussayef, N., Heeren, T.C., Gruenewald, P., Mosher, J., & Xuan, Z. (2014). A new scale of the U.S. alcohol policy environment and its relationship to binge drinking. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(1):10-16.
Presley, D., & Burris, S. (2014). A Scan of Existing 50 State Survey and Policy Surveillance Resources. Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-01.
Silver, D., Macinko, J., Giorgio, M., & Bae, J. Y. (2019). Evaluating the relationship between binge drinking rates and a replicable measure of US state alcohol policy environments. PLoS ONE, 14(6), e0218718.
Wagenaar, A.C., & Burris, S. (Eds.). (2013). Public Health Law Research: Theory and Methods. Jossey Bass.