NCJ Number
234247
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Dated: March 2011 Pages: 376-388
Date Published
March 2011
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This article examines mixed methods to evaluate community intervention in sexual assault cases.
Abstract
This article reviews current epistemological and design issues in the mixed methods literature and then examines the application of one specific design, a sequential explanatory mixed methods design, in an evaluation of a community-based intervention to improve postassault care for sexual assault survivors. Guided by a pragmatist epistemological framework, this study collected quantitative and qualitative data to understand how the implementation of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program affected prosecution rates of adult sexual assault cases in a large midwestern community. Quantitative results indicated that the program was successful in affecting legal systems change and the qualitative data revealed the mediating mechanisms of the intervention's effectiveness. Challenges of implementing this design are discussed, including epistemological and practical difficulties that developed from blending methodologies into a single project. (Published Abstract)
Date Published: March 1, 2011
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