Search results matching tag 'Evaluation'

What Constitutes A "Good" Study, Part Deux

Eileen Conway — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:59:00 GMT

The guidelines are posted! I previously wrote about Public Safety Canada's work in defining guidelines for evaluating research study quality, and the detailed guidelines are now online. While specifically addressing sexual offender treatment outcome research, parameters such as administrative control of independent variables, experimenter expectancies, sample size, attrition, and equivalence of groups should provide guidance to those assessing a much broader range of correctional research in this evidence-based age.

Do You Believe in Faith-Based Prisons?

Sandy Schilling — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:11:00 GMT

A new report, Evaluation of Florida's Faith- and Character-Based Institutions, has been published by the Urban Institute. Florida runs two FCBIs - one correctional facility (Lawtey) for male inmates and another institution (Hillsborough) which offers the program for female inmates. According to the abstract of the report, "This research provides the first formal study of Florida’s FCBIs, and is guided by three research questions: (1) What are the FCBI objectives? (2) How are these objectives achieved? and (3) What are the FCBI outcomes?" This research will help you form an opinion on the efficacy of FCBIs.

Offender Employment Specialist (OES) Evaluation Form

Scott — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:45:29 GMT

Evaluation form for the Offender Employment Specialist training program.

OWDS Post Training Survey

scott — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:56:14 GMT

This survey, designed for the Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training program, assesses the level of collaboration between agencies, organizational attitudes, participants’ future plans since graduating from the training, and other post-training outcomes.

OWDS Evaluation Form

scott — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:30:55 GMT

This evaluation instrument, designed for the Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training, assesses participants' perceptions of the training. The information, gathered by Likert-scaling (a 1-5 numeric rating), includes the degree that training met participants’ expectations, the relevance to their work, and their satisfaction with the facilitators.

OWDS Demographics

scott — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:23:56 GMT

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This instrument, designed for the Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training, allows the evaluator to compile demographic information such as education level and primary work responsibilities of participants. This information provides trainers and administrators with a profile of the training attendees.

OWDS Implementation Log

scott — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:15:17 GMT

This instrument evaluates whether the skills learned during Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training were used by the participant once they returned to the job following training.

What Constitutes a "Good" Study?

Eileen Conway — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:27:00 GMT

In an era of evidence-based practices, the question of research quality should be on everyone's radar. The Canadian office, Public Safety Canada, is tackling this issue head-on. Although focusing on sexual offender treatment research, a new report addresses issues applicable to other research into "what works" in correctional treatment. Guidelines for rating research study quality are discussed, including existing scales and the new Canadian scale. As the new Canadian guidelines themselves are not included in this Introduction and Overview, we hope to see them in a subsequent report.