NCJ Number
47177
Editor(s)
M GUTTENTAG,
S SAAR
Date Published
1977
Length
736 pages
Annotation
THE SECOND VOLUME IN AN ANNUAL SERIES REPRINTS 32 ARTICLES ON EVALUATION THEORY AND METHODOLOGY AND ON EVALUATIVE RESEARCH IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Abstract
THE CONTENT OF THE VOLUME REFLECTS THE SHIFT IN EMPHASIS WITHIN THE EVALUATION FIELD TOWARD ISSUES OF DATA AGGREGATION AND DATA INTEGRATION; I.E., THE POLICY-RELEVANT INFERENCES THAT CAN BE MADE FROM EVALUATIVE INFORMATION. THE PAPERS ARE PRESENTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTION HEADINGS: THINKING ABOUT EVALUATION (STATUS OF EVALUATION RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND SOCIETY, POLICY-RELEVANT SOCIAL RESEARCH, POLITICAL REEXAMINATION OF EVALUATION RESEARCH); EVALUATION METHODOLOGY AND DATA INTEGRATION; EVALUATION INTO POLICY; EVALUATION IN EDUCATION; STUDIES IN CRIME AND JUSTICE (EVALUATING THE STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS OF POLICE DIVERSION PROGRAMS, TRAFFIC LAW STUDIES, THE USE OF SENTENCING COUNCILS TO REDUCE SENTENCE DISPARITY, WORK RELEASE AND RECIDIVISM); AND STUDIES IN HUMAN SERVICES (E.G., MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM OUTCOME DATA). NOTES AND REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED. SEE ALSO NCJ-35009, 36929, 39754, AND 47178-47192.