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Seven Steps to Develop and Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)

Publication year: 2005 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "The two main purposes of this publication are (1) to help program administrators and juvenile justice personnel select the most effective ways to reduce DMC [disproportionate minority contact] through performance measurement and evaluation, and (2) to discuss issues specific to DMC that should be considered when conducting and evaluation of an initiative or program (p.5). This guidebook is comprised of the following sections: introduction; background; step one -- define the problem; step two -- implement evidence-based programming; step three -- develop program logic; step four -- identify measures; step five -- collect and analyze data; step six -- report findings; step seven -- reassess program logic; conclusion; and additional resources.
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