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Realistic Expectations: Constructing a Mission-Based Evaluation Model for Community Corrections Programs

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Correctional practitioners have long argued that evaluators focus too heavily on recidivism measures and thus understate the value of their programs. The author asserts that the impact of community corrections programs can be more comprehensively evaluated when evaluation plans include measures that assess whether program goals, objectives, and overall mission were met. Therefore, the intent of this article is to offer a model for evaluating community corrections programs based on what they promised to do in their mission statements. Justification for the model, conceptual framework, and an example of how to use the model are discussed below.

Key Words: program evaluation • correctional effectiveness • community corrections

Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, 251-269 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0887403403254766


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