This article presents the state of practice of evaluability assessment (EA) as represented in
the published literature from 1986 to 2006. Twenty-three EA studies were located, showing …

Evaluability assessment (EA) is a systematic approach to planning evaluation projects. It
involves structured engagement by researchers with stakeholders to clarify intervention …

Over the last decade, criminal justice scholars have increasingly endorsed “evidence-based
practices”; however, some criminologists have voiced concerns over the varied …

This contribution to the journal examines program clarification for evaluation purposes. It
traces the development of this approach over the past three decades, during which the terms …

This article examines how evaluability assessments can be designed and conducted to
generate meaningful and actionable results for reducing youth crime in Jamaica. It draws on …

Background: The empirical literature on programme evaluability is sparse and little is known
about how evaluators operationalise prescriptive articulations of evaluability. Objectives: In …

Abstract Hirschi's (1969) social bondtheory argues that delinquent acts are the result of
weak or broken societal bond; and Hirschi's rationale behind the importance of social bonds …

Responding to recent calls in the literature for cross-country comparisons of evaluation
practice, this simulation study investigated (a) evaluators' perspectives on what determines a …