Improving Process Evaluations of Correctional Programs by Using a Comprehensive Evaluation Methodology.

Bouffard, Jeffrey A.; Taxman, Faye S.; Silverman, Rebecca

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ERIC Number: EJ675694

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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Improving Process Evaluations of Correctional Programs by Using a Comprehensive Evaluation Methodology.

Bouffard, Jeffrey A.; Taxman, Faye S.; Silverman, Rebecca

Evaluation and Program Planning, v26 n2 p149-61 May 2003

Developed a comprehensive methodology for a series of process evaluations of seven therapeutic communities for drug-involved offenders. The methodology used stakeholder interviews, official measures of program implementation, and a new structured observation technique. Discusses the type and quality of information provided by each technique. (SLD)

Descriptors: Drug Rehabilitation, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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