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How Can I Design Valid and Reliable Performance Measures and Program Evaluations? [1]

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Four Tips from Idaho for Overhauling Correctional Programming [2]

Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2017

Performance Measures in Community Corrections: Measuring Effective Supervision Practices with Existing Agency Data [3]

Blasko, Brandy L., Karen A. Souza, Brittney Via, Sara Del Principe, and Faye S. Taxman, 2016

Best Practices for Effective Correctional Programs [4]

Askew, LaQuana, 2016

This research brief examines those key concepts that demonstrate the components of an effective program.

Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) [Website] [5]

Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), 2015

JRSA conducts and publishes multistate, policy-relevant research on justice issues; provides training and technical assistance to build research and evaluation capacity and knowledge of evidence-based practices at the state and local levels; and maintains information on state criminal and juvenile justice research and programs.

Advancing the Quality of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Justice Programs [6]

Matthies, Carl, Vera Institute of Justice, 2014

Cost-benefit analysis is an economic assessment tool that compares the costs and benefits of policies and programs for the time they produce their impacts.

Document ID: 028035

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Model Programs Guide [7]

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), 2014

The Model Programs Guide [MPG] is intended to be a central, reliable, and credible resource to help practitioners and policymakers understand what works in juvenile justice-related programs and practices.

Risk Assessment Instruments Validated and Implemented in Correctional Settings in the United States: An Empirical Guide [8]

Desmarais, SarahL., and Jay P. Singh, Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, 2013

Document ID: 028352

Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services [9]

National Institute of Corrections (NIC), 2011

Document ID: 025172

Is This A Good Quality Outcome Evaluation Report? A Guide for Practitioners [10]

Poulin, Mary, Orchowsky, Stan, and Jason Trask, U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement, Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2011

Document ID: 025537
Source URL: https://nicic.gov/how-can-i-design-valid-and-reliable-performance-measures-and-program-evaluations

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[1] https://nicic.gov/how-can-i-design-valid-and-reliable-performance-measures-and-program-evaluations
[2] https://csgjusticecenter.org/2017/05/11/four-tips-from-idaho-for-overhauling-correctional-programming/
[3] https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/80_3_3_0.pdf
[4] http://www.cmitonline.org/_documents/publications/bestpractices_7_2016.pdf
[5] https://www.jrsa.org/
[6] https://www.vera.org/publications/advancing-the-quality-of-cost-benefit-analysis-for-justice-programs
[7] https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/model-programs-guide/home
[8] https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/risk-assessment-instruments-validated-and-implemented-in-correctional-settings-in-the-united-states/
[9] https://nicic.gov/measuring-what-matters-outcome-and-performance-measures-pretrial-services-field
[10] https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/evaluation/reference/Quality_Outcome_Eval.pdf