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NCJ Number: 61200 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: INTERIM ANALYSIS OF 200 EVALUATIONS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Document: PDF
Author(s): V M BIER; E H KAPLAN; C MATTINGLY; T J ECKELS; N REICHMAN
Project Director: L S BERLINER; R LARSON
Date Published: 1979
Annotation: ANALYSIS OF 200 CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATIONS PERFORMED FROM THE LATE 1960'S TO 1977 REVEALS THAT QUITE FREQUENTLY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY IS NOT WELL MATCHED TO THE TYPE OF PROGRAM BEING EVALUATED.
Abstract: THE SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FROM APPROXIMATELY 1,500 ABSTRACTS OF STUDIES PROVIDED BY LEAA'S NCJRS VIA A KEYWORD SEARCH ON 'EVALUATIONS' CONDUCTED IN LATE 1977. THE 200 EVALUATIONS CONSTITUTE A STRUCTURED RATHER THAN A RANDOM SAMPLE, WITH 50 PERCENT OF THE SAMPLE FROM 'LOGISTICAL' PROGRAMS AND 50 PERCENT FROM SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. ALSO, ELEMENTS OF THREE LEAA EVALUATION EFFORTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SAMPLE: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM (NEP) PHASE I STUDIES, 'EXEMPLARY PROJECTS' AND 'EXEMPLARY VALIDATION REPORTS,' AND LEAA IMPACT CITIES PROGRAM. ISSUES OF INTEREST WERE THE STATE OF THE ART IN THESE CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATIONS, THE ATTRIBUTES OF EVALUATIONS (E.G., METHODOLOGY, USE OF RESULTS) IN COMPARISON WITH PROGRAM TYPE AND SPONSORING AGENCY, AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF EVALUATIONS BEING CARRIED OUT SO THAT CHANGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROGRAM GROWTH AND MODIFICATION IS POSSIBLE. REFLECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF INPUTS, PROCESS, AND OUTCOME, THE STUDY WAS STRUCTURED AROUND THESE ELEMENTS AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT CONCERNS SUCH AS THE ACCESSIBILITY AND COMPLETENESS OF THE FINAL REPORT, APPROPRIATENESS AND APPLICATION OF METHODOLOGY, DEGREE OF COMPREHENSIVENESS, AND FLEXIBILITY OF DESIGN AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION. ALSO INVESTIGATED WERE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROGRAM STAFF AND EVALUATORS AND DEMONSTRATED AWARENESS OF INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE PROGRAM AND ITS EVALUATION. OVERALL RESULTS SHOWED THAT QUITE FREQUENTLY THE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY USED WAS NOT WELL MATCHED TO THE TYPE OF PROGRAM BEING EVALUATED, DIFFICULTIES IN APPLYING VARIOUS TYPES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS AND MEASURES WERE EXPERIENCED TO A LARGE DEGREE, AND THE TIMING OF THE FINAL REPORTS OFTEN WAS POOR. OTHER FINDINGS ARE ENUMERATED. TABULAR DATA, FIGURES, FOOTNOTES, AND APPENDIXES INCLUDING A SELECTED SAMPLE OF 200 EVALUATION DOCUMENTS, THE FINAL PHASE II CHECKLIST, COMPUTER CODE LISTS, AND THE COMPUTER PRINTOUT ARE PROVIDED. (PRG)
Index Term(s): Adult felony system; Analysis; Critiques; Evaluation criteria; Evaluation of evaluation; Evaluation techniques; Evaluative research; LEAA exemplary programs; National Evaluation Program; Program evaluation review techniques; Reference materials
Grant Number: 78-NI-AX-0007
Sponsoring Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
US Dept of Justice

US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Operations Research Ctr
United States of America
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Page Count: 110
Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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