One approach to classification of criminal cases suggests that controls are best allocated to those at risk and services to those in need. The Level of Supervision Inventory (LSI), a 58-item risk/needs checklist developed in Ontario Probation and Parole, was completed on the basis of reviews of official records and interviews with subjects and…

This paper begins with summaries of research on individual characteristics of effective administrators and on the effectiveness of administrator evaluation. The paper then presents materials, forms, and questionnaires used in the Calgary (Alberta) public schools administrative evaluation process. The evaluation process includes a personal…

The principles of action research were used to identify the reasons for substandard patient care in two long-term care facilities in Quebec; then, a 20-hour inservice education course for nurse managers at the facilities was developed, presented, and evaluated. Fifteen nurse managers (1 director of nursing, 12 health care managers, and 2 nurse…