Jeffrey A. Butts and Vincent Schiraldi Recidivism is not a robust measure of effectiveness for community corrections agencies. When used
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Positive Outcomes
Youth justice systems can rely on positive outcomes rather than recidivism to measure their effectiveness.
Discussing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE.org) hosted a Google Hangout (online live chat) between the director of the Research &
The U.S. Juvenile Justice Policy Landscape
Willison, Janeen B., Daniel P. Mears, and Jeffrey A. Butts (2011). The U.S. Juvenile Justice Policy Landscape. In U.S. Criminal Justice
Facilitating Development of Organizational Productive Capacity: A Role for Empowerment Evaluation
A framework is offered in which organizational productivity and program outcomes are conceptualized as a product of a transformational process, in which organizational capacities transform vision into productive activity, using the resources of an organization and activated through an environment of collective empowerment
Principles and Practices of Organizationally Integrated Evaluation
Evaluation is often conceptualized in terms of static research designs focused on specific questions of programmatic process or outcome. Another way to conceptualize evaluation is to broaden its scope, role, and methods and to integrate its principles and processes into every aspect of a program’s organizational environment.