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 National Evaluation of Youth Crime Watch Programs
Award Information
Awardee
              Abt Associates Inc.
Award #
              2003-JN-FX-0002
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Cambridge, MA
Congressional District
              5
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2003
Total funding (to date)
              $1,416,720
Original Solicitation
              NIJ Solicitation For Evaluations of OJJDP Discretionary Programs
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2003, $1,416,720)
A.  Background

This project was proposed in response to NIJ's June 2003 Solicitation for Evaluations of OJJDP Discretionary Funds Projects. It has been externally peer reviewed and internally reviewed and found to satisfy the requirements for an evaluation of Youth Crime Watch programs.

B.  Project Description-Abstract

Abstract  
Project Goals and Objectives  
Over a four-year project period, Abt Associates Inc., with the assistance of the  Miami-based Thurston Group and two Florida-based consultants, proposes to conduct a  national evaluation of Youth Crime Watch (YCW) programs. Our proposed evaluation has  three major goals. We will attempt to measure both the school-level and YCW student  participant-level impacts of YCW programs. In order to interpret the impact findings and to  understand key program success factors, we will also conduct a process evaluation of YCW  programs.  

Proposed Research Design and Methodology. SCHOOL-LEVEL IMPACT: We will assess the impact of YCW in three to-be-determined Florida school districts with high concentrations of YCW programs in secondary schools. Data will be collected for each secondary school in these three districts. Impact indicators at the school-level are reported crimes, disciplinary actions taken, school climate. We will also collect three sets of  potential explanatory indicators, including program characteristics (e.g., size, intensity,  activities implemented), school characteristics (e.g., size and demographic indicators), and  safe school strategies implemented. We propose to collect school-level data retrospectively  for as far back as automated data availability allows and prospectively for as far into the  future as this study allows.  We will analyze the school-level data using statistical techniques that are suitable for  the analysis of pooled cross-section time-series data. Schools that do not implement YCW  programs will serve as controls. 

PARTICIPANT-LEVEL IMPACT. Impact indicators at the participant-level include measures of self-esteem, sense of control,  empowerment, involvement in school and community affairs, and involvement in risk-taking  behavior (obtained via surveys), as well as measures of school attendance, disciplinary  actions, and academic achievement (obtained via existing school administrative records).  For the participant-level impact evaluation and process evaluation, we will draw a sample of 25 schools from the three districts. Participant-level impact indicator data will be collected from YCW participants and a matched set of non-YCW  participants.  We will analyze the participant-level data using hierarchical  linear and nonlinear estimation techniques.  

To help interpret the impact findings and understand key success factors, we will also interview principals and conduct surveys and focus groups with YCW  participants and adult leaders from the same 25 schools.  

We will produce three major deliverables during the four-year project ' an interim  report that contains a preliminary school-level impact analysis, a second interim report that  contains a preliminary participant-level impact analysis, and a final report that summarizes  all project findings.



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Impact Evaluation of Youth Crime Watch Programs




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26601

  
Date Created: September 29, 2003
    
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