PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS - NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

• NCJ Number: 32490
• Author(s): J P WALKER; D L BILLINGSLEY; A P CARDARELLI
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0089
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Ohio State University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

Annotation

PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING, ADMINISTERING AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS TO IMPACT DELINQUENCY.

Abstract

THE BASIC PREMISE BEHIND THE PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES IS THAT PROJECTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF THEY ARE LOGICALLY SOUND IN THINKING THROUGH (AND DOCUMENTING) THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS OF CONTEXT, IDENTIFICATION, INTERVENTION, AND EVALUATION. THE MAJOR EMPHASES OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE UPON TWO AREAS OF NEED IN IMPROVING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. THE FIRST IS THE NEED FOR CLEAR AND SHARED DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS INDICATED ABOVE. THE SECOND IS THE NEED FOR MORE COHERENT LINKAGES AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND AMONG THE ELEMENTS OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THE NATURE OF THIS CHAIN OF LOGICAL PROGRAM ELEMENT RELATIONSHIPS IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL AND EXAMPLES ARE PROVIDED. A MAJOR THEME THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT IS PROGRAM EVALUATION. PRINCIPLES, GUIDELINES, AND RATIONALES ARE PROVIDED FOR DETERMINING SUCCESS CRITERIA, BASELINE DATA, SAMPLING PROCEDURES, CONTROL GROUPS, AND INTERVENING VARIABLES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, SEE NCJ-32487-89.