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NCJ Number:	254767

Title:	Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials in State Prisons

Document:	PDF

Author(s):	Kristofer Bret Bucklen

Date Published:	June 2020

Annotation:	This white paper presents an overview of the Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design as a program evaluation method, describes examples of RCT evaluations in both criminal justice generally and a state prison context specifically, and discusses considerations and challenges to be addressed when seeking to conduct an RCT evaluation in a state prison.

Abstract:	State prisons nationwide house approximately 1,306,000 inmates, which is more than half of the total population of incarcerated individuals on any given day in the United States. Program evaluation is essential to ensuring that state prison systems adopt effective programs and policies. The “gold standard” methodology for evaluating outcomes of programs and policies is the randomized controlled trial (RCT). This white paper presents an overview of the RCT design as a program evaluation method, describes examples of RCT evaluations in both criminal justice generally and a state prison context specifically, and also discusses considerations and challenges to be addressed when seeking to conduct an RCT evaluation in a state prison.

Main Term(s):	Inmates as research subjects

Index Term(s):	Corrections; Inmates; National Institute of Justice (NIJ); NIJ Resources; Studies

Contract Number:	GS-00F-219CA

Sponsoring Agency:	National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Washington, DC 20531

Corporate Author:	National Institute of Justice (NIJ) US Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America

Page Count:	19

Format:	Document; Document (Online)

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America



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