Chapter 3 Flashcards
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
Evaluation
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
Understanding who had the most impact on a project
Another name for an impact evaluation is:
force evaluation
benefit evaluation
outcome evaluation
scientific evaluation
none of the above
outcome evaluation
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
all of the above
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
setting monetary values on all factors
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
an evaluation has already been conducted
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
costs can be assed
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
testing
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
history
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
all of the above are threats
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
context of the program
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
none of the above
Impact evaluations consider the implementation of a program or initiative and involve determining the procedures used to implement a specific program
false
The fact that crime prevention initiatives rarely rely on a single intervention or approach is an advantage in conducting evaluations
fasle
Process evaluations offer a detailed descriptive account of the program and its implementation
true
