Citation

Lane J, Turner S, Flores C. Crim. Justice Rev. 2004; 29(1): 97-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Georgia State University Public and Urban Affairs, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/073401680402900107

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Funding agencies now generally require that projects include an evaluation component as part of their grant proposals, but there are no clear guidelines to help researchers and practitioners work together once funding is awarded. The authors of this article have experience working together as the evaluators and program manager on a recently completed four-year demonstration project designed to provide multiagency services to youth on probation in South Oxnard, California. We believe that our experiences can help other researchers and practitioners to understand practical and philosophical components of collaboration. We first discuss our differing perspectives on key issues and resulting tensions that arose. Next, we discuss strategies that we used to create a good working relationship, as well as the benefits that we gained from this partnership.