Strategies for Evaluating Small Juvenile Justice Programs

摘要

This briefing presents a model for small program evaluation (SPE) that provides strategies for conducting evaluations of juvenile justice programs more efficiently. This information is useful for local program managers who are responsible for determining the effectiveness of the programs they operate and state- and local-level juvenile justice grant administrators who are responsible for providing guidance and assistance to local programs in their evaluation efforts. This approach to SPE requires the use of a local outside evaluator (not a member of the program staff). The model also calls for an agreement between the evaluator and the program staff that establishes a cooperative process requiring the staff to participate in the evaluation.