Evaluating Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Edited by:

Stephanie Riger - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Larry Bennett - Indiana University School of Social Work, South Bend, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Sharon M Wasco - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Paul A Schewe - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Lisa Frohmann - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Jennifer M Camacho - Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, Chicago, IL, Sinai Community Institute, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago (Student)
Rebecca Campbell - Michigan State University, USA

Series:
SAGE Series on Violence against Women

Other Titles in:
Adult Treatment for Interpersona/Domestic Violence | Domestic Violence | Victim Services

August 2002 | 200 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This book provides an accessible overview of the process and problems in the evaluation of programs serving abused women. The authors cover general issues in evaluation as well as the process of collaborating with both funding agencies and community-based agencies.

They place evaluation within a political and historical context that informs service providers of the broader issues raised by evaluation.

This book is unique in its inclusion of the role of evaluation in the continued development of the anti-rape and battered women's movement in the United States. It also includes measurement tools for the most commonly offered services that have been developed and field tested with 87 domestic violence and sexual assault agencies.

I. The Political and Social Context of Evaluation

1. The Evolution of the Violence Against Women Social Movement and Services for Victims

2. Collaboration in Evaluation Research

II. Key Aspects of Doing an Evaluation

3. Why Evaluate?

4. Basic Concepts in Evaluation

5. Using Evaluation Results

III. Lessons Learned

6. Lessons Learned in Evaluating Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services

IV. Additional Resources

V. References

VI. Appendix A. Evaluation Measures for Domestic Violence Services

VII. Appendix B. Evaluation Measures for Sexual Assault Services

VIII. About the Authors

Evaluating Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault is a valuable resource not only for researchers and evaluators, but for service providers and funders as well. Written in clear, straightforward language, it addresses many complex factors that come in to play when conducting victim-service evaluations, including issues of safety and confidentiality. A great tool for anyone involved in the work to end violence against women.

Cris M. Sullivan

author of Outcome evaluation strategies for domestic violence programs: A practical guide

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Stephanie Riger

Stephanie Riger is Professor of Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago She is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Division 27 award for Distinguished Contributions to Research and Theory and a two-time winner of the Association for Women in Psychology's Distinguished Publication Award. She is author of Transforming Psychology: Gender in Theory and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2000) as well as numerous journal articles and other books. Her current research focuses on the impact of welfare reform on intimate violence, and the evaluation of domestic violence and sexual... More About Author

Larry Bennett

Larry Bennett is Associate Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago. His research interests include the implementation of evidence-based practice in social service agencies, the relationship between substance abuse and domestic violence, the structure and effectiveness of community based batterers intervention programs, and the links between various forms of men's violence such as bullying, sexual harassment, dating violence, and adult partner abuse. He was a member of the Consensus Panel on Family Violence of the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and currently chairs the Illinois Substance... More About Author

Sharon M. Wasco

Sharon M. Wasco is a research assistant, instructor, and doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a student affiliate of the American Evaluation Association and the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association). In recent years, Ms. Wasco has assisted in developing evaluation materials for sexual assault and domestic violence programs and has provided training and program-specific technical assistance to service providers implementing evaluations in both Michigan and Illinois. She is interested in the effects of gender-based... More About Author

Paul A. Schewe

Paul Schewe is a prevention researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a clinical/community psychologist with extensive experience in developing and evaluating school-based violence prevention programs. In recent years Dr. Schewe has worked on a variety of projects ranging from evaluations of single programs, to community-based collaborations, to statewide initiatives. The focus of these efforts have included sexual assault, teen dating violence, and domestic violence prevention programs, as well as early childhood interventions to promote social-emotional development. He is the editor of Preventing Relationship Violence... More About Author

Lisa Frohmann

Lisa Frohmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois, Chicago. For twenty years she has been working in the area of violence against women as both a researcher and activist. Her research focuses on the prosecution of domestic violence and sexual assault cases and the social construction of race, class and gender in the law. She is also working on new research, The Autobiographical Photography Project, that examines battered women’s conceptions of "safety" as expressed through photography and narrative. Dr. Frohmann’s activist work includes serving as a rape crisis hotline... More About Author

Jennifer M. Camacho Catrambone

Jennifer Camacho is an Epidemiologist with the Chicago Department of Public Health, where she works as internal evaluator. She received her Masters from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Community Prevention & Research, where she studied violence against women, program evaluation, and statistics. She regularly teaches informal courses on the use of non-parametric statistics in the evaluation of small programs and enjoys doing independent evaluative and statistical consulting. In addition to violence against women, her research interests include organizational responses to persons with disabilities. Publications for this year... More About Author

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is a Professor at Michigan State University. Her current research includes studies on the community response to rape, vicarious trauma among violence against women researchers and service providers, and the evaluation of rape crisis center services. She is the author of Emotionally Involved: The Impact of Researching Rape (Routledge, 2001). Dr. Campbell received the 2000 Louise Kidder Early Career Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9) of the American Psychological Association. To get a break from thinking about violence against women, she enjoys gardening and cooking. More About Author

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