Analysis in a Political Environment: Evaluating a Local Youth Program

The author presents a case study of the confrontation between quantitative analysis and its political environment. He reveals how the original analysis of a local youth program drew possibly faulty conclusions and how the political context contributed to these evaluation difficulties and to their re...

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Crime
Criminal justice
Criminals
EVALUATION
Funding
Mayors
METHODS AND PRACTICES
Political debate
QUANTIFICATION
Recidivism
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
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Young offenders
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