Increasing Evidence-Based Programs in Criminal and Juvenile Justice: A Report from the Front Line |
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Authors: | Betty Chemers Winifred Reed |
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Affiliation: | (1) National Academies, 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001, USA;(2) Crime Control and Prevention, Research Division National Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20531, USA |
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Abstract: | For the past 5 years in the United States, there has been an increased emphasis on evidence-based programs, and, in particular, the promotion of experimental designs as the highest standard of evidence. This interest has been fueled by the Federal government's demand for accountability that links budget allocation with program performance. The National Institute of Justice, the research, development and evaluation agency within the Office of Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice is undertaking a number of efforts to improve the quality of evaluation research and address the need for evidence-based programs. These efforts have focused on making improvements upfront in the grant selection process so that well-designed evaluations will be undertaken and in the management and monitoring of ongoing evaluation research grants so that implementation and design issues can be identified and addressed. Evaluability assessments is a key strategy that NIJ is relying on increasingly to identify programs that have a high likelihood of being successfully evaluated. Whether these efforts will lead to an overall increase in the rigor of NIJ-supported evaluations remains unanswered at this time. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The National Academies or the National Institute of Justice. |
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Keywords: | evaluability assessment evaluation research evidence-based programs experimental design National Institute of Justice |
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