EXECUTIVE NO. EO 97-18

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND RESEARCH NEEDS
 

The Oregon criminal justice community needs to continue to address program evaluation and research issues. Program and offender performance data must be readily available to judges, attorneys, and other practitioners to result in decisions based on the effectiveness of correctional programs in reducing the future criminal conduct of an offender. Criminal justice agencies, policy makers, legislators, and practitioners must have information readily available upon which to base their decisions

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED:
 

1. The Superintendent of the Department of State Police shall convene a working group to study and make recommendations regarding the criminal Justice community's need for performance data and useful research thereto.
 

2. The working group shall be comprised of representatives of the following, appointed by each respective entity's administrative officer unless specified otherwise:
 

a: the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision,
 

b: the Department of Corrections;
 

c: the Criminal Justice Commission;
 

d: the Oregon Youth Authority;
 

e: the State Commission on Children and Families;
 

f: the Of lice of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs;
 

g. a local public safety coordinating council, as appointed by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police;
 

h: a community corrections agency, as appointed by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police;
 

i: the Oregon State Sheriffs Association;
 

j: the Oregon District Attorneys Association;
 

k: the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association
 

l: a judge, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court;

m: a crime victim, as appointed by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police;
 

n: the Program Manager of the State Police Criminal Justice Information Standards Program,
 

o: the Administrator of the Intergovernmental Services Bureau of e Department of State Police, who shall serve as chair of the working group.
 

3. The Superintendent of the Department of State Police may appoint additional members of the working group.
 

4. The work group shall identify issues and develop operational solutions which include as appropriate:
 

a: the structure, staffing, governance and organizational location of any program recommended as part of the solution,
 

b: scope and priorities of activities undertaken as part of the solution;
 

c: legislative concepts necessary to implement the solution,
 

d: budget and recommended finding source for the solution;
 

e: collection, analysis, and dissemination of information to stakeholders; and
 

f: coordination of existing or planned efforts between stakeholders.
 

5. The Superintendent of the Department of State Police shall make a progress report to the Governor and to appropriate legislative committees during the 1997-98 interim regarding the working group's findings and recommendations. The Superintendent shall make a final report to the Governor by January 1, 1999.
 
 

Done at Salem, Oregon this 29th day of September, 1997.