EVALUATING LARGE SCALE SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS - THE CASE OF CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES

• NCJ Number: 31477
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Dated: (JULY 1975) Pages: 92-106
• Author(s): R B Coates; A D Miller
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EVALUATION DESIGN WHICH PERMITS EVALUATION TO BE DONE WITHIN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS - IN THIS CASE, A CORRECTIONAL AGENCY.

Abstract

THE AUTHORS DISTINGUISH AMONG SETS, STRATEGIES, AND PROGRAMS AND IDENTIFY A TIME PERSPECTIVE IN THE USE OF EVALUATIVE CRITERIA THAT FOCUSES ON CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE PROGRAMS. THE MODEL DESCRIBED SHOULD PERMIT RESEARCH TEAMS TO ADDRESS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION CONCERNS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL CHANGING SETTING FOR TESTING THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)