NCJ Number
147758
Date Published
1973
Length
202 pages
Annotation
This book represents the author's effort to coordinate both practitioners and researchers in the evaluation of crime and delinquency programs.
Abstract
Problems typically stem from the respective natures of researchers and practitioners--each are concerned with their own domain of expertise and tend to feel constricted or threatened by the other. Working through these problems will require of both a shift in operating philosophy and methodology, as well as a commitment to collaboration. Each of the 11 chapters of this book has to do with a separate aspect of the evaluation of crime and delinquency programs: 1) Grounds for concern with evaluation; 2) Defining success or failure; 3) Choosing among alternative measures; 4) Assessing effort and attainment in monetary terms; 5) Resisting spurious evaluations; 6) Determining what clients to compare; 7) Obtaining data on treatment consequences; 8) Obtaining data on subjects and programs; 9) Combining measurements on subjects and programs; 10) Determining who should do the comparing; and 11) Making the knowledge gained by evaluative research cumulative. Tables, 106 references, 3 appendixes