TY - JOUR PY - 1978// TI - Adapting the jury trial for program evaluation: A report of an experience JO - Evaluation and program planning A1 - Levine, Murray A1 - Brown, Eileen A1 - Fitzgerald, Catherine A1 - Goplerud, Eric A1 - Gordon, Myra E. A1 - Jayne-Lazarus, Cynthia A1 - Rosenberg, Norman A1 - Slater, Judith SP - 177 EP - 186 VL - 1 IS - 3 N2 - A portion of the graduate program in clinical community psychology at SUNY Buffalo was subjected to a jury trial as a form of program evaluation. The theory of the trial as evaluation, the problems of implementation, and a posttrial evaluation are discussed. The trial, while time-consuming, especially in its pretrial phases, has the potential for presenting a dramatic picture of a program through the medium of human testimony. The jury was able to arrive at clear decisions on questions put to it, with a high degree of confidence. Decision makers accepted some of the jury's conclusions, and subjective evidence suggests that many of the controversial issues which generated the trial were resolved for the group by the procedure. The posttrial evaluation revealed limitations, such as evidence which was not presented at the trial. The experience proved useful for purposes of interdisciplinary education, providing another lens through which the evaluation problem could be viewed.

LA - SN - 0149-7189 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0149-7189(78)90069-1 ID - ref1 ER -