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Policy and program evaluation: recommendations for criminal justice policy analysts and advisors / Don Weatherburn.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781921626067
Title	Policy and program evaluation recommendations for criminal justice policy analysts and advisors / Don Weatherburn.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Sydney, N.S.W. : Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research New South Wales, 2009.
Description	Electronic resource ; Online.
Publication Dates	July 2009.
Note	Report-Series. Melbourne, Vic. RMIT Publishing. 2005.
Conditions of access	Available to Museum Staff only.
Summary	Over the last 20 years in Australia the attitude of Government to policy evaluation has changed dramatically. Ministers (and Treasury officials) are no longer content to rely on anecdotes from agency heads as evidence that their programs are working. Rigorous evaluation is usually required, especially if the program is controversial or expensive. This is an encouraging development because it provides greater assurance that taxpayer funds are being wisely spent. Many of those responsible for fashioning or implementing new policies, however, though experts in their own field, have only a limited understanding of the circumstances in which rigorous evaluation is possible.
Subjects	Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia
Subjects	Crime -- Government policy -- Australia
Other Corporate Bodies	New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Call number	Informit database (HSS)
Internet Site	Access to full text via Informit e-Library