ABSTRACT
In general, evaluation refers to investigating the usefulness of some exercise or phenomenon. Evaluation of crime prevention, therefore, refers to investigating the impact of a prevention technique or intervention on the level of subsequent crime, fear, or other intended outcome. Making such a determination may require the use of various methodologies. Ekblom and Pease (1995) argue that evaluation research is often viewed as addressing two research goals using diverse methodologies. ese goals are generally understanding the implementation of the intervention and the impact of the initiative and are evaluated using two forms of evaluation-process and impact evaluationrespectively. A third form of evaluation-cost-benet evaluation-is becoming more common.
