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Verner Denvall

Verner Denvall

Researcher

Verner Denvall

Evaluating homelessness – a comparative analysis of top 10 articles from the US and Europe : Att utvärdera hemlöshet – en komparativ analys av de mest citerade utvärderingarna från USA och Europa

Author

  • Verner Denvall

Summary, in English

Homelessness as a political and social dominion has a number of features that make it particularly difficult to tackle. In addition to being a wicked problem, homelessness offers several analytical avenues. How do these characteristics affect the evaluation of programmes and projects aspiring to combat homelessness? Dissimilar pictures and solutions regarding homelessness in the US and in European countries will likely affect recommendations given as a result of evaluations performed. For this study, the empirical base is a sample of the most cited evaluations of homelessness programmes published in professional journals between 1996 and 2010. Most of these evaluations are from the US. These US evaluations more often use large-scale national programmes and quantitative methods, whereas European evaluations more often have smaller sample sizes and qualitative methods. In both regions, the evaluators seldom use theory from social science when analysing their findings. It is suggested that European evaluation research should be noticed to a larger extent since it is probably better suited for application in a European context.

Department/s

  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2017-09-03

Language

English

Pages

724-740

Publication/Series

European Journal of Social Work

Volume

20

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Social Work

Keywords

  • bibliometrics
  • Evaluation
  • homelessness
  • impact
  • social work

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1369-1457