{"id":154305,"date":"2017-04-14T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irpp-policy-options.local\/authors\/ron-melchers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:13:38","slug":"ron-melchers","status":"publish","type":"authors","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Melchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Melchers has been a professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa since 1983, specialising in research, statistics, evaluation, policy analysis and evidence reliability assessment. He is associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and serves on the editorial board of the European Journal of Criminology, the academic advisory committee of Statistics Canada&#8217;s Centre for Justice Statistics and the research advisory committee of the Police Sector Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":227798,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-154305","authors","type-authors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ron Melchers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ron Melchers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ron Melchers has been a professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa since 1983, specialising in research, statistics, evaluation, policy analysis and evidence reliability assessment. He is associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and serves on the editorial board of the European Journal of Criminology, the academic advisory committee [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Policy Options\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IRPP.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T19:13:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"96\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"96\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@irpp\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ron Melchers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-14T20:00:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-26T19:13:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96-1.jpg\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/authors\\\/ron-melchers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Authors\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/authors\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ron Melchers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Policy Options\",\"description\":\"Institute for Research on Public Policy\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/policyoptions.irpp.org\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ron Melchers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ron Melchers","og_description":"Ron Melchers has been a professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa since 1983, specialising in research, statistics, evaluation, policy analysis and evidence reliability assessment. He is associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and serves on the editorial board of the European Journal of Criminology, the academic advisory committee [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/","og_site_name":"Policy Options","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IRPP.org","article_modified_time":"2025-08-26T19:13:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":96,"height":96,"url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@irpp","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/","url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/","name":"Ron Melchers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96-1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-04-14T20:00:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-26T19:13:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rmelchers_avatar_1424375872-96x96-1.jpg","width":96,"height":96},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/authors\/ron-melchers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Authors","item":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/authors\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ron Melchers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/","name":"Policy Options","description":"Institute for Research on Public Policy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors\/154305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/authors"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}