Evaluating Programmes: Resources Available on the Web.
Programme evaluation is an important way to maintain programme integrity and monitor results. Resources for developing evaluation tools and conducting evaluations are available online.
These evaluation forms, used in the Bethlehem Restorative Policing Experiment, include: Conference Observation Form, Facilitator Data Sheet, Post-Conference Offender Questionnaire, Post-Conference Victim Questionnaire, Post-Conference Offender's Parent Questionnaire, Post-Court Offender Questionnaire, Post-Court Victim Questionnaire, Post-Court Offender's Parent Questionnaire.
Family Group Conferencing Evaluation
http://www.restorativeresources.org/FGCEvaluation.pdf
Restorative Resources is a non-profit organization providing restorative justice services in Sonoma County, California. The organization uses this form to evaluate the experiences of participants in their programme.
Community Toolkit for a Restorative Justice Project
http://www.ysb.on.ca/en/research/COMMUNITY%20TOOLKIT%20FINAL%20april%2024.pdf
This toolkit was developed by the Youth Services Bureau Ontario, Canada to describe how to plan for, deliver, and evaluate a restorative justice programme. The kit includes sample evaluation forms.
Program
Evaluation Kit: Family Group Conferencing
Umbreit, M.S., & Fercello, C. 1997. Program Evaluation Kit: Family
Group Conferencing. St. Paul, MN: Center for Restorative Justice and
Peacemaking, University of Minnesota.
Program
Evaluation Kit: Victim Offender Mediation Programs
Umbreit, M.S. 1992. Program Evaluation Kit: Victim Offender Mediation
Programs. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Citizens Council on Crime and
Justice
Evaluation Approaches
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/policy/eval/PEM.html
INCORE, an organization dedicated to research, training, and other activities in conflict resolution has developed this list of evaluation resources.
Campus Mediation Program Evaluation Toolkit
http://www.campus-adr.org/CR_Services_Cntr/Evaluation_Tools/toc.html
This evaluation resource kit was developed for the Conflict Management in Higher Education Resource Centre.
Note: Many of the following documents are available only as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files only. To download a free copy of Adobe Reader, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
August 2003
