Stephanie Riger is Professor of Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago She is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Division 27 award for Distinguished Contributions to Research and Theory and a two-time winner of the Association for Women in Psychology's Distinguished Publication Award. She is author of (Oxford University Press, 2000) as well as numerous journal articles and other books. Her current research focuses on the impact of welfare reform on intimate violence, and the evaluation of domestic violence and sexual assault services.
I. The Political and Social Context of Evaluation
1. The Evolution of the Violence Against Women Social Movement and Services
for Victims
2. Collaboration in Evaluation Research
II. Key Aspects of Doing an Evaluation
3. Why Evaluate?
4. Basic Concepts in Evaluation
5. Using Evaluation Results
III. Lessons Learned
6. Lessons Learned in Evaluating Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Services
IV. Additional Resources
V. References
VI. Appendix A. Evaluation Measures for Domestic Violence Services
VII. Appendix B. Evaluation Measures for Sexual Assault Services
VIII. About the Authors
