NCJ Number
96890
Date Published
1979
Length
165 pages
Annotation
This text presents an overview of the problem of crime in neighborhoods and of the development of the Community Anti-Crime (CAC) Program, and discusses the evaluation of the program.
Abstract
An evaluation model is presented that corresponds with a view of the program process as a multistaged sequence of interrelated conditions and events. The participation of stakeholders -- including CAC program staff and staff of the House Subcommittee on Crime -- is discussed, and stakeholder concerns are identified. Three levels of evaluation are examined, level 3 will provide the fullest delineation of program rationales and will be restricted to 12 projects where the CAC Program is in use. The reliability of some of the initial findings of activity rationales and specific cause-effect relations will be tested at level 2 with a larger number of projects. In Level I, the population of community anticrime projects will be examined, and the whole CAC program will be described. Data collection instruments to be used at each level of evaluation include a resident telephone survey, a project director and staff questionnaire, and a community characteristics form. Finally, the importance of resolving questions raised during the planning of the evaluation are is emphasized. Appendixes contain a CAC work plan, data collection instruments, and ratings of stakeholder concerns. Seven figures are provided. :ABI scp