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Session Title: Crime and Justice TIG Business Meeting and Paper Presentations
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Business Meeting and Multipaper Session 357 to be held in CROCKETT D on Thursday, Nov 11, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Crime and Justice TIG
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| TIG Leader(s):
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Roger Przybylski, RKC Group, rogerkp@comcast.net
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Drug Court Evaluation on a Shoestring Budget
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| Roger Przybylski, RKC Group, rogerkp@comcast.net
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| Abstract:
This paper presents the findings and lessons learned from a low-budget evaluation of an adult drug court program operating in a mid-size Tennessee city. The outcome evaluation employed a quasi-experimental research design that compared the reoffending of drug court participants and a naturally occurring comparison group consisting of substance abusing offenders who were eligible for but did not participate in the program. Other outcome measures included changes over time in Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and Client Evaluation of Self and Treatment (CESI) scores. The evaluation was conducted on a shoe-string budget which, along with various other factors, provided significant obstacles and challenges. The evaluation’s findings will be discussed, along with the challenges encountered during the course of the study and the strategies employed to address them.
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Lessons Learned Evaluating an International Domestic Violence Program
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| Cecilia Hegamin-Younger, St George's University, chyounger@mac.com
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| Rohan Jeremiah, St George's University, rjeremiah@sgu.edu
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The United Nation’s Development for Women’s Partnership for Peace Program (PFP) was established in 2005 to safeguard the rights of women by reducing the prevalence of domestic violence and risky behavior patterns among Caribbean men. This presentation will discuss the lessons learned from an ongoing two-year project evaluating the PFP program and its use of a Caribbean-specific intervention model.
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