EVALUATION PROCESS AND OUTCOME IN JUVENILE CORRECTION MUSINGS ON A GRIM TALE

• NCJ Number: 19916
• Author(s): R C SARRI; E SELO
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 54 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Michigan
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER REVIEWS SOME OF THE ISSUES, DILEMMAS, AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE EVALUATION OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS.

Abstract

IT EXAMINES THE IMPLICATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES, AND FOLLOWING THAT, A SERIES OF CONTRASTING STUDIES OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS ARE ANALYZED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR GOALS, CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBJECTS, TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORT AND PROCESS, AND OUTCOMES. SOCIETAL VALUES AS A CONSTRAINT ON CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT AND ON MEANS OF INTERVENTION ARE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH PARTICULAR PROBLEMS OF MEASUREMENT IN THIS CATEGORY OF HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. ELEMENTS OF A PLAN FOR THE COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS (SUCH AS THIS EVALUATION) ARE ALSO PROPOSED. IN ITS FULLY OPERATIONALIZED FORM, THIS PLAN WOULD ASSESS SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIANT TYPES OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS IN A LARGE NUMBER OF STATES. A SEVEN-PAGE LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)