CH 3 Flashcards

1
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Investigating the impact of a prevention technique or intervention on the level of subsequent crime, fear, or other intended outcome is referred to as:

  • generalizability
  • evaluation
  • external validity
  • reliability
  • none of the above
A

evaluation

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Ekblom and Pease argue that the goals of evaluation include all but which of the following?

  • understanding the implementation of the intervention
  • understanding the impact of the initiative
  • understanding who had the most impact on a project
  • all of the above are goals
  • none of the above are goals
A

understanding who had the most impact on a project

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3
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Another name for an impact evaluation is:

  • force evaluation
  • benefit evaluation
  • outcome evaluation
  • scientific evaluation
  • none of the above
A

outcome evaluation

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4
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The fact that neighborhoods or other geographic areas are often targeted in prevention raises all but which of the following problems?

  • neighborhoods cannot be isolated
  • interventions are not uniformly applied
  • crime displacement may occur
  • there are competing influences
  • all of the above are problems
A

all of the above are problems

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5
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The largest problem with a cost-benefit analysis is:

  • setting monetary values on all factors
  • accessing the needed data
  • getting the proper people involved
  • securing funding
  • none of the above
A

setting monetary values on all factors

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Which of the following is NOT a reason for an atheoretical evaluation?

  • an evaluation has already been conducted
  • there is no interest in why the program works
  • the administrators already know the program works
  • there is a lack of interest in undertaking an evaluation
  • all of the above are reasons
A

an evaluation has already been conducted

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7
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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a true experimental design?

  • increases the likelihood of group equivalency
  • certainty that the experimental group receives the treatment
  • other possible factors are controlled
  • costs can be assessed
  • all of the above are advantages
A

costs can be assessed

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The taking of measurements in the study that cause change to occur in place of or beyond the impact of the stimulus refers to the problem of:

  • history
  • instrumentation
  • testing
  • selection
  • none of the above
A

testing

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9
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Something that takes place independent of the experiment and causes the change to take place refers to:

  • history
  • instrumentation
  • testing
  • selection
  • none of the above
A

history

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10
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Which of the following is NOT a threat to external validity listed by Tilley?

  • place attributes
  • non-crime options
  • selection
  • intervenor attributes
  • all of the above are threats
A

selection

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11
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The underlying problem for external validity is that, too often, experimental designs fail to consider the __________.

  • context of the program
  • costs of the program
  • implementation of the program
  • dosage of the program
  • none of the above
A

context of the program

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12
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The negative findings in an evaluation may be the result of all but which of the following?

  • poor program implementation
  • misspecification of the appropriate target
  • misspecification of the causal mechanism
  • resistance by the target
  • none of the above
A

none of the above

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13
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Impact evaluations consider the implementation of a program or initiative and involve determining the procedures used to implement a specific program (TF)

A

false

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14
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The fact that crime prevention initiatives rarely rely on a single intervention or approach is an advantage in conducting evaluations (TF)

A

false

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15
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Process evaluations offer a detailed descriptive account of the program and its implementation (TF)

A

true

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16
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Cost-benefit analysis is a form of process evaluation that requires that an impact evaluation be completed at the same time (TF)

A

true

17
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Self-report data is a response to evaluations of crime prevention programs on neighborhoods or other small geographic areas that do not coincide with specific police reporting areas (TF)

A

true

18
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The ideal follow-up time for evaluation is 6 months (TF)

A

false

19
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A true experimental design is also known as a randomized control trial (TF)

A

true

20
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Threats to internal validity are factors that could cause the results other than the measures that were implemented (TF)

A

true

21
Q

The issue of generalizability involves what are called threats to internal validity (TF)

A

false

22
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Intensity of intervention in relation to target people, places of crime problems varies from site to site, and the level refers to the external validity problem of intervenor attributes (TF)

A

false

23
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In realistic evaluation, rather than relying exclusively on experimental approaches, evaluation needs to observe the phenomenon in its entirety (TF)

A

true