Mindsets, Set Minds and Implementation (From Putting Theory to Work: Implementing Situational Prevention and Problem-Oriented Policing, P 119-216, 2006, Johannes Knutsson and Ronald V. Clarke, eds. -- See NCJ-215265)

• NCJ Number: 215273
• Author(s): Ken Pease
• Date Published: 2006
• Length: 18 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Crime Prevention Studies, Volume 20.

Annotation

This chapter examines crime prevention implementation failure in respect to the assertion that crime reduction is typically side-lined to the purposes of those individuals tasked with the implementation.

Abstract

Implementation (the translation of intent into action) failure of crime reduction projects is widespread in many contexts. The most typical reason for this is taken to be that the aims of the intender diverge from those of the implementer. Another interpretation is that where the wellbeing of the implementer is independent of the achievement of the intender’s aims, implementation is unlikely. The primary assertion made is that the politics and cognitive psychology of the implementation process need to achieve prominence or importance. This chapter argues that crime reduction cannot be assumed to be an important desired purpose among those tasked with the realization of initiatives labeled as crime reductive. Three examples are presented where it was realized that crime reduction was not the primary agenda of those charged with the task of implementing. References