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Discussion 9: Implementation Evaluations, Part II
In this module, we continued our examination of implementation evaluations. In the reading supplements, Miller and Miller (2015) offered an essay on how program fidelity could be reconceptualized to be more informative to various stakeholders. Also, in an empirical piece evaluating a large drug diversion program in Houston, Sanchez and colleagues (2020) identified implementation discrepancies across race and gender.
In this week’s discussion, reflect on the work from Mears as well as Miller and Miller (2015) and Sanchez and colleagues (2020). Address this question: What are the main reasons why criminal justice policies frequently are poorly implemented? Are we missing the important conceptual questions, as Miller and Miller suggest? Or are structural aspects of criminal justice policy dooming programs before they even begin, as suggested by Sanchez and colleagues? Provide a rationale for your perspective!
Readings:
Implementation evaluations are notoriously challenging for researchers. In this week’s supplements, Miller and Miller (2015) offer an essay on how program fidelity could be reconceptualized to be more informative to various stakeholders. Also, in an empirical piece evaluating a large drug diversion program in Houston, Sanchez and colleagues (2020) identified implementation discrepancies across race and gender.
Miller, J. M., & Miller, H. V. (2015). Rethinking program fidelity for criminal justice. Criminology & Public Policy, 14(2), 339-349.
Sanchez, H. F., Orr, M. F., Wang, A., Cano, M. Á., Vaughan, E. L., Harvey, L. M., … & de Dios, M. A. (2020). Racial and gender inequities in the implementation of a cannabis criminal justice diversion program in a large and diverse metropolitan county of the USA. Drug and alcohol dependence, 216, 108316.
