NCJ Number
133188
Date Published
1985
Length
66 pages
Annotation
Workshops held in Canada in 1982 and 1984 and sponsored by the Solicitor General of Canada focused on methods of monitoring and evaluating community-based correctional projects for adults and juveniles.
Abstract
Participants discussed current practices, data collection procedures, guidelines for self-evaluation, national monitoring of programs providing alternatives to institutionalization, and the evaluation of program impacts. They explored conceptual issues and possible barriers to national monitoring and examined the feasibility of using a standard form as the basic data collection instrument. They also focused on the probable clients of outcome or impact evaluations and the criteria to be used in choosing projects for impact evaluations. Participants in the workshops included evaluation researchers, coordinators of alternative projects, and national government program and policy personnel. Appended draft forms