Reflection Paper II

You will have a chance to apply theoretical knowledge about planning and

evaluation into practice. Each reflective paper should be a minimum of 800 words, or more but

not necessarily more than three pages in length, double spaced, 11-12 point font, in Times New

Roman using APA as the writing style.

In this reflective paper, you will work on different types of evaluation and their

application to evaluations in criminal justice settings. First, you need to summarize different

types of evaluation and their purposes using both texts.

Then, you need to argue which type of evaluation is better for evaluations in criminal justice programs. Please be critical in your analysis.

When writing your paper, you need to benefit from discussions and readings during the last two weeks:

Ch 8: Working with Stakeholders: Establishing the Context and the Evaluand (Mertens, Hall & Wilson, 2025)

Ch 2: Planing a Program Evaluation (Vito & Higgins, 2015)

Article: Mitchell O, Wilson D.B, Eggers A., MacKenzie D.L. (2012). Assessing the effectiveness of drug courts on recidivism: A meta-analytic review of traditional and nontraditional drug courts. Journal of Criminal Justice.40 (1):6071. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235211001255?via%3Dihub

Ch 9: Evaluation Purposes, Types, and Questions (Mertens, Hall & Wilson, 2025)

Ch 3: Needs Assesment Evaluation (Vito & Higgins, 2015)

Ch 4: Theory-Driven Evaluation (Vito & Higgins, 2015)

Ch 5: Process Evaluation (Vito & Higgins, 2015)

Ch 6: Outcome Evaluation (Vito & Higgins, 2015)

Ch 7: Cost-Efficiency Evaluation (Vito & Higgins, 2015)

Cite both books (Program Evaluation Theory & Pracice) (Practical Program Evaluation for Criminal Justice) in APA format. I have also attached the first Reflective Paper (Titled: 312001-Reflective-Paper-I-Docx) as an example.