-This exercise will require you to develop a draft program evaluation design for assessing the outcome effectiveness of your local police department. Your response should be in bullet form with a maximum of 1000 words.
Please answer the following questions.
1. What are the major goals for your local police department?
2. Describe the proximal and distal outcome measures that you will assess.
3. Describe how you will measure the proximal and distal outcome measures.
4. What challenges will you face in measuring the performance outcomes for your local police department?
Part 2
Maximum of 5 pages
Directions: Select one evaluation article from among the following journals and post a 1000-word critique.
-American Journal of Evaluation
-Canadian Journal of Evaluation
-Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
-Evaluation and the Health Professions
-Evaluation and Program Planning
-Evaluation Review
-Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
-Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
Note: I’d prefer you remain in the same area of evaluation as the paper as it relates to law enforcement or similar.
In your analysis, address the following points:
1. Main purpose of the evaluation and the type of program
2. Evaluation methods used
3. Results of the evaluation
4. Strengths and weaknesses of the evaluation methodology
5. Recommendations for improving the program evaluation methodology
References:
Evaluation : a systematic approach, Rossi, Peter Henry ; Lipsey, Mark W ; Henry, Gary T
BookEighth edition, International student edition, Washington, D.C., SAGE; Washington, D.C.: SAGE, 2019
Logic modeling methods in program evaluation : pbk, Frechtling, Joy A
BookJossey-Bass; Jossey-Bass, 2007
Handbook of practical program evaluation
BookNewcomer, Kathryn E.,; Hatry, Harry P.,; Wholey, Joseph S.,, 4th ed., San Francisco :, Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints Wiley, 2015., Total pages 1 online resource (1883 p.)
Survey research methods , Fowler, Floyd J.,
BookFifth edition., Los Angeles :, SAGE, [2014], Total pages xi, 171 pages ;
The holy bible.
BookHolman Bible Publishers (Nashville, Tenn.), editor., Nashville, Tennessee :, Holman Bible Publishers, [2018], Total pages 1 online resource (1,081 pages)
Writing a Research Paper in Political Science : A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods , Baglione, Lisa A.,
BookFourth edition., Los Angeles, California :, CQ Press, [2019], Total pages 1 online resource (282 pages)
Readings:
1. Rossi et al., Chs 9 & 10
2. Newcomer et al., Chs. 21-26
3. Frechtling, Ch 10
4. Fowler Ch 12 & 13
5. Study Materials, Week 7 Modules, Canvas
Week 8: Mar 2-8 Social and Political Context of Evaluation
Readings:
1. Rossi et al., Ch 12
2. Newcomer et al., Chs., 27, 28, & 30
3. Study Materials, Week 8 Canvas
AI is strictly prohibited and Turnitin is used to validate
All citations must include page numbers with cited