CRM 204 Lecture Notes - Drug Courts In The United States, Drug Rehabilitation, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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Crm 204 criminal justice research and statistics (october 31st, 2012) Systematic collection of information about activities, characteristics of programs to make judgments about the program, improve program effectiveness and/or informal decisions about future programming. - textbook: pg. Examples of programs: drug rehabilitation, madd, drug treatment court, alcoholics anonymous, welfare, funding programs, counseling services, education or awareness, etc. Needs to be empirically-driven; cannot be based on opinion, etc. Inputs: resources, raw materials, clients and staff that go into a program (go to city hall to witness cases, must have an appointed/appropriate judge) Program process: complete treatment or service delivered by a program (attendance in a class, getting monetary assistance, residence in a new housing situation etc. ) Outputs: services delivered (# of clients served, meals delivered, officers trained, arrests made etc. ) Outcomes: impact of program (improved test scores, lower rates of poverty etc. ) (something that"s measurable) Feedback: information about service delivery that is available to program inputs.