Evaluation Methods
The second article uses process evaluation method in to determine the issues of conviction and prison violence. The process evaluation method can be seen in the use of qualitative analysis in prisons when determining the factors that determine violence in prisons. The article looks at the actual factors as opposed to theoretical ones and establishes the process in steps. It has taken a cause and effect kind of approach that is essential for the understanding of the offenders and their relationships to the kind of offence they have been sentenced to. The article looks at the population in prisons through the establishment of qualitative analysis of the demographics in prisons on a yearly basis(Sorensen, 2000). Through such a qualitative analysis, it can give the actual representation of the offences and the issue of prison violence. The article has used the process approach all the way to the conclusion. Also, it has established factors that lead to the misconduct in prisons in a cause and effect manner. Such factors include the kind of offence, age of the offenders and the time they have spent in prison.
The second article on the program for survivors of domestic violence assumes a n outcome approach in its study. The article cites how some housing programs are beneficial to the women and how others are not effective at the end of the day. The issue in the article is about housing program and the article talks about hoe these programs may affect women eventually. It establishes the effectiveness of some programs and disregards others virtue of the circumstances that surround domestic violence. For instance, it talks about the ineffectiveness of housing arrangements such as sleeping in a motel (Baker, 2009). The impact evaluation method does not just look at the surface of the issue, but scrapes through to find the long-term issues that relate to the topic in question. It also establishes how the issues will affect the lives of the people in question. The article does so, and points out the effect that some housing programs may have.
References
Baker, C. (2009). A Descriptive Analysis of Transitional Housing Programs for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States. Violence against Women,56(4).
Sorensen, J. (2000). Conviction Offense and Prison Violence A Comparative Study of Murderers and Other Offenders. Crime and Delinquency,56(1).
