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1 Introduction
Pages 7-13

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From page 7...
... The Crime and Justice Group of the Campbell Collaboration has embarked on an ambitious effort to develop systematic reviews of research on the effectiveness of crime and justice programs. The OJJDP Blueprints for Violence Prevention project identifies programs whose effectiveness is demonstrated by evaluation research and other lists of programs alleged to be effective on the basis of research have proliferated (e.g., the National Registry of Effective Programs sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
From page 8...
... For example, knowledge of the ability of various programs to reduce crime or protect potential victims allows resources to be allocated in ways that support effective programs and efficiently promote these outcomes. The role of evaluation research is to provide evidence about these kinds of program effects and to do so in a manner that is accessible and informative to policy makers.
From page 9...
... · No means for isolating program effects from the influence of external factors on the outcomes, such as a nonparticipant comparison group or appropriate statistical controls, were included in the design or the planned procedure could not be implemented. · The program and comparison groups differed on outcome-related characteristics at the beginning of the program or became different due to differential attrition before the outcomes were measured.
From page 10...
... Court Monitoring and Batterer Intervention Programs (batterer counseling programs and court monitoring) Culturally Focused Batterer Counseling for African-American Men Domestic Violence Victims' Civil Legal Assistance Program (legal services for victims of domestic violence)
From page 11...
... Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Grant Pro gram (coordinated strategies for responding to domestic violence) Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Grant Program (coop erative community-based efforts to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, and child abuse)
From page 12...
... The purpose of the Workshop on Improving the Evaluation of Criminal Justice Programs was to foster broader implementation of credible evaluations in the field of criminal justice by promoting informed discussion of: · the repertoire of applicable evaluation methods; · issues in matching methods to program and policy circumstances; and · the organizational infrastructure requirements for supporting sound evaluation. This purpose was pursued through presentation and discussion of case examples of evaluation-related studies selected to represent the methods and challenges associated with research at each of three different levels of intervention.
From page 13...
... In the pages that follow, each of these questions is examined and advice is distilled from the workshop presentations and discussion, and from subsequent committee deliberations, for answering them in ways that will help improve the evaluation of criminal justice programs. The intended audience for this report includes NIJ, the workshop sponsor and a major funder of criminal justice evaluations, but also other federal, state, and local agencies, foundations, and other such organizations that plan, sponsor, or administer evaluations of criminal justice programs.


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