Planned Change is any project, program, or policy, new or revised, intended to produce a change in some specific problem. The intended change may occur within individuals, groups, organizations, systems of organizations, communities, cities, regions, states, or, much more rarely, within entire cultures or societies (Welsh & Harris, p.3). The three approaches to deal planned change policy, program and project.
Policy: A rule or set of rules or guidelines for how to make a decision (Welsh & Harris, p.5).
Example: An great example of policy for my problem which is overcrowding prison would be a boot camps program, rigid military-style camps intended as an alternative to incarceration of certain offenders (Welsh …show more content…
Offenders are sentenced to an intensive, short program of rigorous physical and academic services that is followed by probation rather than a term in prison. Project: A time-limited set of services provided to particular individuals, groups, organization, or communities, usually focused on a single need, problem, or issue (Welsh & Harris, p.5). Example: A intensive effort by groups, within an organization or community to achieve a short- term goals. Evaluating a community correctional program, conducting the assessment of need for a computerized information system such as a federal crime bill (Welsh & Harris, p.6-7).
2. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The goal is to find out whether are not the current program/ policy implemented was evaluate and analyze correctly. Collecting data and statistic to determining if the current program/ policy is effective with solution the problem. The purpose is to identify gaps between the “program on paper” and the “program in action” (Welsh & Harris, …show more content…
Under one three-strikes policy, for example state legislators had to write specific rules of how case processing and sentencing decisions were to be made (Welsh & Harris, p.18).
Delineate the procedures that must be followed: Individuals responsible for implementing a specific set of rules must clearly understand that specific actions to be taken to ensure that the policy is carried out consistently. For example, three-strikes laws specify decisions regarding the charging process, and sentencing of repeat offenders (Welch & Harris, p.18).
Differences: A single key difference between program and policy design. Program and policies must consider the unique perspectives and needs of the people affected by the intervention) (Welsh & Harris, p.4). Programs are usually short-term interventions that create a temporary improvement in the wake of challenges. Policy is (legislation in these two examples) authorized or mandated the use of specific programs for certain populations (Welsh & Harris,