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Improving evaluation of anticrime programs / Committee on Improving Evaluation of Anti-Crime Programs, Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime prevention--United States--Evaluation.
- Crime prevention.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Evaluation.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although billions of dollars have been spent on crime prevention and control programs during the past decade, scientifically strong impact evaluations of these programs are uncommon in the context of the overall number of programs that have received funding. Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs is designed as a working guide for agencies and organizations responsible for program evaluation, for researchers who must design scientifically credible evaluations of government and privately sponsored programs, and for policy officials who are investing more and more in the concept of evidence-based policy to guide their decisions in crucial areas of crime prevention and control.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 What Questions Should the Evaluation Address?""; ""3 When Is an Impact Evaluation Appropriate?""; ""4 How Should an Impact Evaluation Be Designed?""; ""5 How Should the Evaluation Be Implemented?""; ""6 What Organizational Infrastructure and Procedures Support High-Quality Evaluation?""; ""7 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations: Priorities and Focus""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""
- ""Appendix B Participant List Workshop on Improving Evaluation of Criminal Justice Programs""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-72).
- ISBN:
- 9786612083501
- 9780309165013
- 0309165016
- 9781282083509
- 1282083503
- 9780309552110
- 0309552117
- OCLC:
- 923274861
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