Minnesota Rural Project for Women and Child Safety

Research and Evaluation Bibliography

Coley, S. M. & Scheinberg, C. H. (2000). Proposal writing. Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Dorman, R.L., Moore, D.J., Schaerfl-Murphy, C., & Spottsville, S.A. (1999). Planning, funding, and implementing a child abuse prevention project. Annapolis, MN: Child Welfare League of America.

Edleson, J. (1997). Evaluating domestic violence programs. Minneapolis, MN: Domestic Abuse Project.

Ginsberg, L.H. (2001). Social work evaluation: Principles and Methods. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Graham-Berman, S. A. (2001). Designing intervention evaluations for child exposed to domestic violence: Applications of theory and research. In S.A. Graham-Bermann & J. L. Edleson (Eds.), Domestic violence in the lives of children: The future of research, intervention, and social policy, (pp. 237-267). Washington, DC: APA.

Krueger, R. A. (1994). Focus groups: A practical guide for applied research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Peled, E. & Edleson, J. L. (1995). Process and outcome in small groups for child of battered women. In E. Peled, P. G. Jaffe, J.L. Edleson (Eds.), Ending the cycle of violence: Community responses to children of battered women. (pp. 77-96). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Pietrzak, J. (1990). Practical program evaluation: Examples from child abuse prevention. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Posavac, E.J. (1997). Program evaluation: Methods and case studies. Fifth Ed. Upper Sadle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Royse, D. & Thyer, B.A. (1996). Program Evaluation: An Introduction, Second Ed. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

Shaw, I. & Lishman, J. (Eds.) (1999). Evaluation and social work practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Shepard, M. F. (1999). Evaluating a coordinated community response. In M. Shepard & E. L. Pence (Eds), Coordinating community responses to domestic violence: Lessons from Duluth and beyond. (pp. 169-191). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Sullivan, C.M. & Allen, N. E. (2001). Evaluating coordinated community responses for abused women and their children. In S.A. Graham-Bermann & J. L. Edleson (Eds.), Domestic violence in the lives of children: The future of research, intervention, and social policy, (pp. 269-282). Washington, DC: APA.

Ward, S. K. & Finkelhor, D. (Eds.) (2000). Program evaluation and family violence research.New York: The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press.

Winer, M. & Ray, K. (1994). Collaboration Handbook: Creating, sustaining, and enjoying the journey. St. Paul, MN: Amherst Wilder Foundation.

Weiss, H. B. & Jacobs, F. H. (Eds.)(1988). Evaluating family programs. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

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