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1. Why is the solicitation of feedback from all employees, in adherence with the principles of participatory management,necessary for cause and effect analyses? How might excluding certain employees lead to alienation within a criminal justice department or agency?
2. What common data-collection strategies are often used in the case studies you read? Select one data-collection strategy,such as an interview, and provide an example of how the strategy can be used in criminal justice agency or department.
3. How would you define need? Discuss some sources of information for assessing need. In your opinion, what source of information is the most important in terms of local, state, and federal funding and why?
4. What are one-group designs? Provide a criminal justice example of a scenario in which outcome evaluation is observed only after the program and a scenario in which the outcome evaluation is observed both before and after the program. Explain why each scenario was selected.
5. Why is it important to recognize the interests of different stakeholders during the program evaluation phase? Explain how stakeholders view may lead to different conclusions from that of another stakeholder when reviewing the same results.
6. Why are regular plan-report meetings with stakeholders an important aspect of the communication process in relation to program maintenance and change? How does this contribute to the value of a system through which stakeholders can voice concerns regarding program maintenance and change?