ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT-LEVEL EVALUATION REPORTING - HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 36126
• Author(s): M B FISCHEL; G W KUPERSMITH; A P TREHAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 121 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-028-75
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice; Mitre Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS AN ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT-LEVEL EVALUATION REPORTING IN THE HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM, WITH THE REPORTS EXAMINED IN TERMS OF THEIR NUMBER, TYPE, AND QUALITY.

Abstract

THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA USED TO DEFINE EVALUATION REPORTING QUALITY AND EVALUATION APPROACH APPLICABILITY ARE PRESENTED. RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE, FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, AND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL IMPACT CITIES. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE QUANTITY, TYPE AND QUALITY OF IMPACT PROGRAM EVALUATION EFFORTS VARIES CONSIDERABLY ACROSS CITIES. THE HETEROGENEITY OBSERVED IS SAID TO SUGGEST THE NEED TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE STAFFING, CONDUCT AND ORGANIZATION OF PROJECT EVALUATION EFFORTS IF UNIFORMITY, AND THUS COMPARABILITY OF RESULTS, IS TO BE REALISTICALLY ACHIEVED. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT THE DIFFERENCES IN THE EASE WITH WHICH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS MAY BE EVALUATED, RESTS, TO SOME EXTENT, ON THE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHED DATA SOURCES FOR USE IN THE EVALUATION EFFORT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)