Improving evaluation of anti-crime programs: Summary of a National Research Council report★ |
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Authors: | Mark Lipsey Carol Petrie David Weisburd Denise Gottfredson |
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Affiliation: | (1) Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Nashville, USA;(2) Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academies, Keck Center, 500 5th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, USA;(3) Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel;(4) Criminal Justice and Criminology, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | This article summarizes a report of the National Research Council: Improving Evaluation of Anti-crime Programs. It is based on a workshop, held in September 2003, in which participants presented and discussed examples of evaluation-related studies that represent the methods and challenges associated with research at three levels: interventions directed toward individuals; interventions in neighborhoods, schools, prisons, or communities; and interventions at a broad policy level. The article, and the report on which it is based, is organized around five questions that require thoughtful analysis in the development of any evaluation plan: What questions should the evaluation address? When is it appropriate to conduct an impact evaluation? How should an impact evaluation be designed? How should the evaluation be implemented? What organizational infrastructure and procedures support high quality evaluation? The authors highlight major considerations in developing and implementing evaluation plans for criminal justice programs and make recommendations for improvement of government funded evaluation studies. |
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Keywords: | anti-crime programs evaluation experiments impact evaluation observational methods quasi-experiments randomized trials research methods |
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