Assessing the effectiveness of criminal justice programs

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1994-01

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Justice Research and Statistics Association

Abstract

This Handbook is designed to aid criminal justice policy makers and program managers in assessing the effectiveness of their programs. In developing the Handbook, an attempt has been made to apply the concepts, principles, and techniques embodied in evaluation literature to fit the characteristics and uniqueness of the vast types of criminal justice programs being implemented across the nation. First, the Handbook proposes general criteria to identify program effectiveness and poses several questions designed to tell a program manager to what extent their program is effective. The second goal is to describe methods on how to translate the general criteria into specific program elements which are necessary to evaluate programs. Finally, specific program examples show how these program elements can be used to measure the extent to which programs are achieving their goals and objectives.

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Performance Measures/Measurement, Program Evaluation, Process Evaluation, Impact Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Performance Measures, Program Evaluation, Process Evaluation, Impact Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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