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Resources and standards

Evaluation is an essential part of any crime prevention initiative. It involves collecting information to measure the effectiveness of a project and to identify promising crime prevention practices. Ideally, evaluation occurs throughout a project, not only at the end. The following resources provide a variety of ways to improve the evaluation component of crime prevention initiatives.

• Evaluating crime prevention through social development projects: Handbook for community groups
  (March 2006)
• Evaluation Strength Assessment Scale
  (January 2006)
• Project planning and evaluation
  (October 2005)
• You Can Do It (Part One): A practical tool kit to evaluating police and community crime prevention programs 
  (August 2001) [PDF]
• You Can Do It (Part Two): An evaluation resource workbook
  (August 2002)
• Benefit-Cost Framework for the Crime Prevention Investment Fund
  (March 2001)
• Manual on Conducting Economic Analysis of Crime Prevention Programs
  (June 2000)
• Economic Analysis of Crime Prevention
  (May 2000)
• Step by Step: Evaluating Your Community Based Crime Prevention Efforts
  (June 1996)