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| NCJ Number:
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NCJ 100141
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| Title:
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National Restitution Training Series, Tape 7: Measuring Program Success
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| Author(s):
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A L Schneider
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| Corporate Author:
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US Dept of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
RESTTA Program
United States
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| Sale:
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National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Audiovisual Sales
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20850
United States |
| Publication Date:
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1986 |
| Type:
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Training Materials |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Note:
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VHS video-cassette, color, 51 mins. in length |
| Annotation:
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Dr. Anne Schneider outlines steps in a program evaluation and discusses performance measures appropriate for juvenile restitution programs, such as recidivism and completion rates. |
| Abstract:
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Using the private sector as an analogy, Dr. Schneider urges that a restitution program be viewed as a system with resources, components, and a product. She identifies key steps in evaluation: determining the purpose, establishing criteria or standards for comparison, understanding causal effects, obtaining and analyzing data, and using the evaluation's results. The use of outside evaluators is discussed. After reviewing the purposes of evaluation, Dr. Schneider describes specific performance measures and methods. Rearrest data is recommended as the best measure of recidivism, whil comparisons with other programs such as probation are preferred criteria. Other comparisons discussed include job sites, high risk cases, case managers, and part performance. Three research designs are explained: emperimental, quasi-experimental, and nonexperimental or pre- and post-program comparisons. Additional performance measures explored are completion rates, amounts paid to victims, percentage of court referrals handled by the restitution program, and costs. |
| Main Term(s):
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Juvenile restitution |
| Index Term(s):
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Program evaluation ; Evaluation criteria ; Evaluation measures |
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