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Caring Communities, Paradigm Polemics, Design Debates

Ray Pawson

Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds

Nick Tilley

Crime and Social Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University

In a previous issue of this journal (Vol. 3, no. 2) David Farrington introduced—‘in the interests of stimulating discussions’—an outline research design for Evaluating a Community Crime Prevention Program. This article takes up the challenge, offers a critique of his ‘quasi-experimental’ approach and insists that such programs are better evaluated using designs based on ‘scientific realist’ principles. The paper also draws attention to benefits of a ‘theories of change’ approach to evaluation, pioneered in the US in conjunction with such comprehensive community initiatives.

Evaluation, Vol. 4, No. 1, 73-90 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/13563899822208400
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