Appendix F -- Section 7: Support the Development of Innovative Approaches to Research and Evaluation
Introduction | Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3 | Section 4 | Section 5
Section 6 | Section 7 | Section 8 | ConclusionBoard on Children and Families and Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 1995. Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. NCJ 158632.
This workshop report examines the adequacy of Federal juvenile statistics in the areas of child development in the context of family and community resources, children's transition to school, educational attainment and transition into employment, monitoring changes in health care, and interpersonal violence involving children and families.
Butts, J.A., et al. 1995. Juvenile Court Statistics 1992. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 154168.
This report describes delinquency and status offense cases handled by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction between 1988 and 1992. The report focuses on cases involving juveniles charged with law violations (delinquency or status offenses).
Coldren, J.C., and T. Bynam. 1989. Evaluating Juvenile Justice Programs: A Design Monograph for State Planners. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 135817.
This monograph explains evaluation strategies to State juvenile justice specialists, State advisory groups, juvenile program administrators, and others interested in learning more about the processes and outcomes produced by Formula Grants projects under the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
Conrad, D., and D. Hedin. 1987. Youth Service: A Guidebook for Developing and Operating Effective Programs. Washington, D.C.: Independent Sector. NCJ 139052.
This manual provides background information and instructions to persons who want to begin, expand, or promote programs of youth community service. The emphasis is on school-based programs.
Delinquency Prevention Works. 1995 (May). Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 155006.
See introduction for annotation.
DeComo, R., et al. 1995 (May). Juveniles Taken Into Custody: Fiscal Year 1992. Statistics Report. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 153851.
See section 1 for annotation.
Drug Use Forecasting. 1993 Annual Report on Juvenile Arrestees/Detainees: Drugs and Crime in America's Cities. 1994 (November). Research in Brief. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 150709.
See section 3 for annotation.
Elliott, D.S., D. Huizinga, and B. Morse. 1986. Self-reported violent offending: A descriptive analysis of juvenile violent offenders and their offending careers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 1:472-514. NCJ 104186.
This article examines self-report data from the National Youth Survey between 1976 and 1980, which showed important differences from arrest data about the prevalence and patterns of violent offending. Self-reports showed higher levels of criminal involvement than did arrest records.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1994. Crime in the United States, 1993: Uniform Crime Reports. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 151712.
See introduction for annotation.
Hatfield, J.M. 1994. Developing Performance Measures for Criminal Justice Programs: Assessment and Evaluation Handbook Series No. 2. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 148453.
This guide was designed to assist in the effective evaluation of programs funded under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. It notes that effective evaluation of criminal justice programs depends on the availability of adequate financial resources, the purpose of the program evaluation, and the type of program being evaluated.
Hawkins, J.D., and R.F. Catalano, Jr. 1993. Communities That Care: Risk-Focused Prevention Using the Social Development Strategy; An Approach to Reducing Adolescent Problem Behaviors. Seattle, Wash.: Developmental Research and Programs, Inc. NCJ 143996.
See section 4 for annotation.
Hawkins, J.D., and B. Nederhood. 1987. Handbook for Evaluating Drug and Alcohol Prevention Programs: Staff/Team Evaluation of Prevention Programs (STEPP). Washington, D.C.: REZA, Inc. NCJ 111657.
This handbook discusses the Staff/Team Evaluation of Prevention Programs (STEPP), a six-step methodology by which the evaluation of drug and alcohol prevention programs is conducted.
Howell, J.C., ed. 1995 (May). Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 153681.
See introduction for annotation.
Huizinga, D., R. Loeber, and T. Thornberry. 1994. Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 146416.
See section 3 for annotation.
Linney, J.A., and A. Wandersman. 1994. Prevention Plus III: Assessing Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programs at the School and Community Level. Rockville, Md.: Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCJ 159774.
This workbook provides a step-by-step approach to assessing alcohol and other drug prevention programs at school and community levels.
Lynch, J.P., B. Allen-Hagen, and S. Lindgren. 1989. National Assessment of Juvenile Justice Statistics: An Agenda for Action. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 119764.
This comprehensive assessment of the quality and usefulness of existing national statistics on juvenile victims and offenders concludes that accurate and adequate information about juveniles is lacking for the purposes of effective policymaking and research.
Mendel, R.A. 1995. Prevention or Pork? A Hard-Headed Look at Youth-Oriented Anti-Crime Programs. Washington, D.C.: American Youth Policy Forum. NCJ 153371.
See section 4 for annotation.
Moone, J. 1995. Juveniles in Public Facilities, 1993. Fact Sheet #25. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ FS009525.
This fact sheet summarizes the February 1993 Census of Public Juvenile Detention, Correctional, and Shelter Facilities, including information on facility and juvenile characteristics. The census is conducted biennially for OJJDP.
National Longitudinal Surveys Handbook 1995. Center for Human Resources Research, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Contact the U.S. Department of Labor (202-606-7828).
1994 Report to Congress: Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs. 1995 (March). Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 154020.
See section 6 for annotation.
Rutman, L. 1980. Planning Useful Evaluations -- Evaluability Assessment. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications. NCJ 067317.
Evaluability assessment is a process used increasingly by the United States and Canadian Governments to document program objectives, performance, and information, estimate progress, and identify needed changes.
Snyder, H., and M. Sickmund. 1994 (January). Developing a National Juvenile Justice Statistical Program. Pittsburgh, Pa.: National Center for Juvenile Justice. NCJ 158758.
This publication describes the Federal three-track approach to developing an integrated national juvenile justice statistics program -- the Statistics Development Track, the Dissemination Track, and the Systems Development Track.
Spergel, I. 1995 (June). The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. NCJ 158897.
See section 3 for annotation.
Thornberry, T.P., D. Huizinga, and R. Loeber. 1995. The prevention of serious delinquency and violence: Implications from the program of research on the causes and correlates of delinquency. In J.C. Howell et al., eds. Sourcebook on Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. NCJ 157405.
See section 1 for annotation.
Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs. 1995. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 154020.
See section 4 for annotation.
Tolan, P., and N. Guerra. 1994 (July). What Works in Reducing Adolescent Violence: An Empirical Review of the Field. Boulder, Colo.: The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado. NCJ 152910.
See section 1 for annotation.
What, Me Evaluate? A Basic Evaluation Guide for Citizen Crime Prevention Programs. 1986. Washington, D.C.: National Crime Prevention Council. NCJ 102933.
Written for crime prevention practitioners with little or no statistical training, this guide to program evaluation addresses the benefits of evaluation, goal-setting, basic tests and comparisons, survey techniques, use of community resources, and report writing and formatting.
Widom, C.S. 1992 (October). The Cycle of Violence. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 136607.
See section 5 for annotation.
Widom, C.S. 1995 (March). Victims of Child Sexual Abuse -- Later Criminal Consequences. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 151525.
See section 5 for annotation.
Wilson, J.J., and J.C. Howell. 1993. Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. Program Summary. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 143453.
See introduction for annotation.
Zill, N., J.L. Peterson, and K. Moore. 1984. Improving National Statistics on Children, Youth, and Families: A Report on Recommendations Made at the Interagency Conference on Child and Family Statistics. Washington, D.C.: Child Trends, Inc. NCJ 160083.
This document includes recommendations by Child Trends, Inc., for improving the Federal statistical data base on children and families.
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