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Evaluating the Virginia Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program, 1991-1995
In 1990, the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation that established the Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program, a program providing child advocates in juvenile... -
Evaluation of Law Enforcement Training for Domestic Violence Cases in a...
This study was an outcome evaluation of the effects of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project Training Model for Law Enforcement Response on police officer attitudes... -
Integrating the Ion Mobility Spectrometer Into Drug Monitoring at the New...
This project was designed to evaluate the use of a drug detection instrument, the ion mobility spectrometer (IMS), and to integrate its use into an ongoing pretrial diversion... -
MDRC Series
MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving... -
Evaluation of a Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence in...
This study was undertaken to evaluate Alexandria, Virginia's Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP), which is a coordinated community response to domestic violence.... -
Victims' Ratings of Police Services in New York and Texas, 1994-1995 Survey
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1984 (FVPSA) provided funding, through the Office of Victims of Crime in the United States Department of Justice, for 23 law... -
Effectiveness of a Joint Police and Social Services Response to Elder Abuse...
This project consisted of an evaluation of an elder abuse program run by the New York Police Department and Victim Services Research. The focus of the study was domestic elder... -
Evaluation of Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders in Cleveland, Denver, and...
Boot camps, a popular alternative to standard correctional facilities, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated... -
Evaluation of the Children at Risk Program in Austin, Texas, Bridgeport,...
The Children at Risk (CAR) Program was a comprehensive, neighborhood-based strategy for preventing drug use, delinquency, and other problem behaviors among high-risk youth... -
Effects of Community Policing on Tasks of Street-Level Police Officers in...
These data were collected to analyze the impact of community-oriented policing (COP) on job assignments of police officers in Ohio. The study compared the self-reported job... -
National Survey of Investigations in the Community Policing Context, 1997
This survey collected descriptive information from municipal police departments and sheriffs offices across the United States to determine whether the departments had... -
Implementation of Community Corrections in Oregon, Colorado, and Connecticut [1981]
Data were collected from three states to evaluate the success of community corrections programs and to identify the conditions that underlie these successes. In-person field... -
Impact Evaluation of Youth Crime Watch Programs in Three Florida School...
The purpose of this study was to assess both the school-level effects and the participant-level effects of Youth Crime Watch (YCW) programs. Abt Associates conducted a four-year... -
Evaluating Network Sampling in Victimization Surveys in Peoria, Illinois, 1986
This data collection evaluates the advantages of network sampling over traditional methods in conducting crime and victimization surveys. Network sampling links population... -
Evaluating a Multi-Disciplinary Response to Domestic Violence in Colorado...
The Colorado Springs Police Department formed a nontraditional domestic violence unit in 1996 called the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT). This unit involved a... -
Evaluation of the First Incarceration Shock Treatment (FIST) Program for...
Boot camps, a popular alternative to incarceration, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated period of... -
Evaluation of Seven Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Grantees, December...
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not... -
Evaluation of Community Policing Initiatives in Jefferson County, West...
This data collection was designed to evaluate the implementation of community policing initiatives for three police departments in Jefferson County, West Virginia: the Ranson...