1. What are the contributions in this paper?
Research has identified a number of barriers to successful implementation, and this article builds on this by drawing upon fresh empirical evidence to argue that the success of such schemes relies on the management of organisational change that will inevitably and necessarily occur.. Applying Kotter ’ s model of organisational change to data generated from an evaluation of two IOM schemes in England, the article offers an explanatory account of the implementation of the schemes and the possible effect this had on efforts to reduce crime.
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2. What are the future works in this paper?
Further consideration should be given to the processes of organisational change when introducing new criminal justice initiatives, and further research exploring the nature of organisational change in a community justice context would be welcomed.
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3. What are the main factors that influence the success of the crime reduction initiatives?
Financial restrictions, poorly designed initiatives, high staff turnover, rushed timescales, and tensions emerging from the wider political climate have all been shown to impact on the successful implementation of crime reduction initiatives (Hope, 2004; Maguire, 2004; Raynor, 2004; Nutley and Homel, 2006).
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4. What was the funding for this work?
This work was funded by the Dawes Trust, and supported by a period of Academic Study Leave granted by the University of Leicester.
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