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Measure for Measure: A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of Crime Prevention Initiatives

NCJ Number
179952
Date Published
1997
Length
40 pages
Annotation
This guidebook on monitoring and evaluating crime prevention initiatives is divided into sections that address the main ideas behind monitoring and evaluation; strategy development for crime prevention work; definition of inputs, outputs, and outcomes and targets to measure them; and data collection and analysis methods.
Abstract
Monitoring is the process of checking progress and what is being produced, while evaluation is examining what results are being produced. There is a logical order to monitoring and evaluation that includes the following steps: research the problem, identify aims and objectives, consider possible actions, plan on how actions will be implemented, organize inputs, decide on outputs and outcomes, set targets for inputs and outputs, deliver outputs and outcomes, monitor inputs and outputs, and evaluate outcomes. The guidebook is designed to facilitate monitoring and evaluating crime prevention initiatives by giving procedural details and including exercises. Specific suggestions are offered on how to plan a project, set standards, measure inputs and outputs, employ qualitative and quantitative methods for measuring outcomes, and analyze and report data. Tables and figures