Baseline Data Collection Effort for the National Evaluation of the Weed and Seed Initiative -- Final Report

• NCJ Number: 160139
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 186 pages
• Grant Number(s): 94-IJ-CX-0048
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Survey

Annotation

This document presents results of a project to collect baseline data that will be used in a national impact evaluation of the Weed and Seed drug law enforcement initiative. Data set archived by the NIJ Data Resources Program at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, located at URL http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/nacjd.

Abstract

Specifically, this report assesses the viability of the baseline survey's quasi-experimental design and the adequacy of results in meeting the requirements of a full impact evaluation. The report presents the results of community surveys, a summary of neighborhood-wide indicators appropriate for impact assessment, and methodological details. The survey results are discussed in terms of target and comparison neighborhoods for all sites combined. Survey results are discussed in relation to the availability of neighborhood-level, records-based data useful for evaluating impact. 10 tables, 15 references, and 4 appendixes