Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Process evaluation of the Saskatoon Straight Up program

Authors

• Orton, Laura, author.
• Patrick, Giselle, author.
• Cordwell, Terri, author.
• Truswell, Kayla, author.
• Wormith, J. Stephen, author.
• University of Saskatchewan, issuing body.
• University of Saskatchewan. Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences and Justice Studies.
• University of Saskatchewan. Dept. of Psychology.
• John Howard Society of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon Council.

Publishers

• [Saskatoon, Sask.] : University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-76).

Description

1 online resource (93 pages) : charts

Note

"University of Saskatchewan Department of Psychology and the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Justice Studies"--Cover.
"Prepared for: The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Branch"--Title page.
"Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences and Justice Studies in conjunction with the Applied Social Psychology Program, University of Saskatchewan, November, 2012"--Title page.

Summary

"This report contains the results of a process evaluation of the Saskatoon STR8UP Program. The purpose of the current project was to assess the extent to which their approaches of intervention and prevention assist with the healing and decrease in gang involvement of their members. The evaluation was designed to identify strengths and weaknesses of STR8UP and provide recommendations for the program to address these issues."--Executive Summary.

Subject

• Gang prevention.
• Gang prevention - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon.
• Gang prevention - Evaluation.
• Gang prevention - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon - Evaluation.
• Native youth - Services for - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon.
• Native youth - Services for - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon - Evaluation.
• CFBSJS.

Contents

1. A review of gangs and efforts to address them -- 1.1. Context of the current evaluation -- 1.2. Review of relevant gang literature -- 1.3. Prevention programs -- 1.4. Intervention programs -- 1.5. Mixed prevention and intervention programs -- 1.6. Conclusion -- 2. The STR8UP program -- 2.1. History and background -- 2.2. Current funding for STR8UP -- 2.3. STR8UP staff members -- 2.4. STR8UP members -- 2.5. The guiding principles of STR8UP -- 2.6. Four stages of leaving a gang -- 2.7. Conditions for joining STR8UP -- 2.8. Goals of STR8UP -- 2.9. Objectives of STR8UP -- 2.10. STR8UP activities -- 3. Evaluation methodology -- 3.1. Evaluation purpose and objectives -- 3.2. Scope of evaluation -- 3.3. Development of program logic model -- 3.4. Data collection activities -- 3.5. Limitations -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Interviews with STR8UP members -- 4.2. Interviews with STR8UP staff -- 4.3. Interviews with school staff -- 4.4. Interviews with students -- 4.5. Interviews with police -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1. Process issues -- 5.2. Outcome issues -- 5.3. Conclusion -- 6. Recommendations -- 6.1. Information, organization, and planning -- 6.2. Activity implementation -- 6.3. Collaboration with the John Howard Society -- 6.4. Key stakeholder satisfaction -- 6.5. Barriers to implementation -- 6.6. Analysis of governance structure -- Appendix A. Acronyms used throughout the report -- Appendix B. Program logic model -- Appendix C. Participant consent form -- Appendix D. Interview questions for STR8UP members -- Appendix E. Interview questions for STR8UP staff -- Appendix F. Interview questions for Father Andre -- Appendix G. Interview questions for school staff -- Appendix H. Interview questions for students -- Appendix I. Interview questions for police -- Appendix J. STR8UP member frequency graphs.