CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Data Type, Official Statistics, Needs Assessment
24 Jul 2020
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What is it: consequences, goals & objectives, applied research, practical significance. Importance & efficacy: cost-benefit, public safety, policy goals make sure that policies actually work and are effective, we should know if money spent has been a waste. Challenges: stakeholders the person or organization that invest in the organization under review, pressure (overt or subtle, shelved or censored, self-censorship. It can be really to tell people their organization is going to be under review if we point out fraud, that the companies is useless: evaluations thus can be very difficult. Dare program: 1983, los angeles, educate, steer away from drugs, police officers coming to schools and telling students to stay away from drugs, popular programs. Evaluating dare: poor effectiveness, multiple evaluations, political & police support, stakeholder pressure to keep law enforcement on board (politically popular, censorship. Dare support: defining success" children just being educated on drugs instead of afraid of them.
