EMPIRICAL STUDY OF METHODS USED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATION - FIFTH QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT, JANUARY 1, 1979-MARCH 31, 1979

• NCJ Number: 61384
• Author(s): R C LARSON
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 24 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78NI-AX-0007
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DURING THE QUARTERLY PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 1979, TO MARCH 31, 1979, THE FIRST PHASE OF RESEARCH ON A SAMPLE OF 200 CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM EVALUATIONS WAS COMPLETED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Abstract

THREE MAJOR PRODUCTS OF THE FIRST PHASE OF RESEARCH WERE A DRAFT VERSION OF AN INTERIM ANALYSIS OF 200 CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM EVALUATIONS, THE PRETESTING AND REVISION OF EVALUATOR AND MANAGER/FUNDER QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF RESEARCH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA ANALYSIS PACKET TO STRUCTURE THE ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES. EVALUATOR AND MANAGER/FUNDER QUESTIONNAIRES WERE DEVISED TO VERIFY RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE FIRST PHASE OF RESEARCH. AUTHORS AND CONSUMERS OF EVALUATION REPORTS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INSIGHT INTO THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATION, A PERSPECTIVE OFTEN LACKING IN FINAL WRITTEN REPORTS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE PRETESTED BY PERSONS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM EVALUATIONS IN THE EASTERN PART OF MASSACHUSETTS. MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO QUESTIONNAIRES BASED ON PRETESTER COMMENTS AND FURTHER INTROSPECTION, AND FINAL VERSIONS WERE PREPARED. EVALUATOR AND MANAGER/FUNDER QUESTIONNAIRES AND SAMPLE PAGES FROM THE DATA ANALYSIS PACKET ARE APPENDED.