Evidence Base Camp: Day 2

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1 Evidence Base Camp: Day 2 Practical Group Sessions Lynn O Mahony National Police Library Alice Tang POLKA, Collaboration Specialist Nicky Miller Research Unit

2 Introductions Name Job title Your organisation Why you re attending Evidence Base Camp and/or what you hope to achieve by attending

3 Group 5 Research question What interventions have been shown to be effective in getting people out of prostitution?

4 Session Outline 1. Practical session 2. Walk through of an example search 3. Develop search terms for our question area 4. Look at each tier of our search in turn

5 Recap

6 The process (in a nutshell) 1. Draft search terms 2. Draft sift criteria 3. Sift received abstracts 4. Request full papers 5. Read and grade papers 6. Write it up ( synthesis )

7 Terms Results Anywhere in the article Domestic violence 597,000 Domestic abuse 32,500 Title only Domestic violence" 23,700 Domestic abuse 1,220 Published since 2000 (title only) Domestic violence" 13,200 Domestic abuse 822 Adding randomised controlled trial Domestic violence" 0 Domestic violence" 0 Search terms are hugely important Today s session will really focus on our search terms and their impacts. Librarians and Researchers to help run live pilot searches Group work to build our search terms Adding experiment Domestic violence" 32 Domestic abuse 0 Adding systematic review Domestic violence" 7 Domestic abuse 0

8 Practical example of searching what works in preventing residential burglary

9 The Basics Boolean operators Boolean is a powerful tool and can be used to create quite complex searches. The standard Boolean operators are: AND OR NOT (or AND NOT) (advanced users only) Boolean is most effective when used in combination with: PARENTHESES (round brackets) TRUNCATION e.g. politic* WILDCARDS e.g. randomi?e DOUBLE QUOTES for specific phrases

10 What works in preventing residential burglary? What is the question about? What do we look for in Proquest? Sign in to Proquest

11 Creating a search string example of domestic violence

12 Creating a Search String String should be based around the research question: What works in the policing of public order? How can we reduce recidivism amongst sexual offenders? Each key aspect identified will then make up one tier of the search. The tiers will then be combined to create the complete search string.

13 Tiers There are usually three tiers, but there can be as many or as few as the search requires. The standard way to create tiers is create lists of synonyms within a table: Tier 1 Frozen Dessert Ice cream Froyo Sorbet Grannita Tier 2 Wafer Wafer Waffle Tier 3 Syrup Golden syrup Maple syrup Chocolate sauce Strawberry sauce

14 Domestic violence example Q: What are the risks/ predictive factors associated with domestic violence/ abuse? Tier 1. Domestic violence / Domestic abuse This is the main area of the search. Tier 2. Risk factors/ predictive factors These terms interact with the main subject of the search. Tier 3. Effectiveness / What works We want to capture evidence that is evaluative, rather than commentary. Tier 4. Policing (?) We may want to limit our search to factors for the police and policing, or we might decide we are interested in factors identified from healthcare or other potential partners.

15 Building our search string using synonyms Q: What are the risks/ predictive factors associated with domestic violence/ abuse? Tier 1: Tier 2: Tier 3: Tier 4: Domestic violence/ abuse Risk/ predictive factors Effectiveness Policing Domestic violence Risk assessment Evaluation Police Domestic abuse Risk management Assessment Policing Intimate partner violence Risk appraisal What works Law Enforcement Intimate-partner violence (hyphenated) Intimate partner femicide Spousal assault Partner violence Battered women Wife assault Risk of homicide Prediction of homicide Nursing assessment Lethality risk assessment Predicting/ predictive Dangerousness assessment Impact Randomised controlled trial Trial Experiment Systematic review Repeated violence Couple violence Domestic murder

16 Turning synonyms into search terms ((Domestic OR Physical OR Emotional OR Familial OR Marital OR Spousal) AND (Abus* OR violen* OR control* OR behav*)) OR Coerc* OR domestic homicide OR marital rape OR intimate partner violence OR repeat victim* OR women s refuge C. 197,000 results

17 Break

18 Group 5: Research question What interventions have been shown to be effective in getting people out of prostitution?

19 Factors in our question Tier 1. Prostitution Tier 2. Getting out Tier 3. Interventions Tier 4. What works

20 Tier 1 Synonyms Prostitution Hooker Soliciting Working girl Gigalo Escort services Hustling Escort Sex services Rent boy Sex worker Sex work Oldest profession Kerb crawl Call girl Madam Red light district/area Brothel Sex trafficking Sex tourism Pimp Street worker/walker Whore Whore house Massage parlour Steam rooms Lap dancers Strippers Courtesan Harlot Bordello On the game Sex slave

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22 Lunch Back here at 13:15 please!

23 Tier 1 - Version 1 - PROQUEST Prostitut* or (sex and (soliciting or solicitation or solicit)) or sex work* or street walk* or rent boy* or sex traffick* or sex touris* C results

24 Tier 1 - Version 2 - PROQUEST Search terms Approximate number of hits

25 Tier 1 - Version 3 - PROQUEST Search terms Approximate number of hits

26 Tier 2 Synonyms Getting out Leaving Quitting Exit* Escap* Withdraw* Divert* Rehabilitate Disengage* Stop* Chang* Get away Cessation Discontinue Prevent Desist Flee Alternat* Decreas* Reduc*

27 Tier 2 - Version 1 - PROQUEST Search terms Approximate number of hits

28 Tier 2 - Version 2 - PROQUEST Search terms Approximate number of hits

29 Tier 2 - Version 3 - PROQUEST Search terms Approximate number of hits

30 Tier 3 & 4 Synonyms Interventions Tactic* OR intervention* OR strateg* OR initiative* OR procedure* OR approach* What works systematic review OR rapid evidence assessment OR literature review OR trial OR randomi?ed control trial OR RCT OR experiment* OR evaluat* OR best practice* OR good practice* OR effective * OR assess* OR what works OR impact OR success*

31 Tier 4/5 Synonyms Insert Established Terms for Tier 4 WHAT WORKS Tier 5 POLICING

32 Initial merging of terms Version X of Tier 1 + Version X of Tier 2 = C records + Tier 3 = c. XXXX records + Tier 4/5 = c. XXXX records Issues/ questions/ queries What surprised you, etc

33 This exercise 1. Shows the value of systematically searching 2. Shows the impact of having multiple tiers in our searches 3. Gives us an idea of the number of articles that might be relevant to our research question At the next evidence base camp we will sift through the abstracts based on inclusion/ exclusion criteria to identify the full papers to request for the review.

34 Backup synonyms Prostitution Prostitut* OR sex trad OR sex work* OR rent boy* Getting out Prevent* OR reduc* OR stop* OR decreas* OR tackl*

35 Backup synonyms Interventions Tactic* OR intervention* OR strateg* OR initiative* OR procedure* OR approach* What works systematic review OR rapid evidence assessment OR literature review OR trial OR randomi?ed control trial OR RCT OR experiment* OR evaluat* OR best practice* OR good practice* OR effective * OR assess* OR what works OR impact OR success*

36 Backup synonyms Police Police OR policing or law enforcement