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A Guide to Collecting Mental Health Court Outcome Data
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: A guide "to help both well-established and newly operating courts develop practical, feasible, and effective strategies for collecting outcome data" is provided. Topics discussed are: key assumptions of this guide; identifying target population and goals; determining which data to collect; obtaining the data; collecting qualitative data; evaluating the data; comparing the data; overcoming common challenges; and technical assistance. A sample NIJ-BJA Mental Health Court Evaluation Study Referral Data Sheet and instructions regarding its completion are also included.