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‘Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory’ RAY PAWSON r.d.pawson@leeds.ac.uk The Talk’s Tasks Some new roles for theory in evidence based policy Systematic Review Knowledge Transfer Dealing with Complexity Rival approaches to systematic review Megan’s Law - Programme Theory Evidence fragment one: could the law have made a difference? - a ‘prospective simulation’ Evidence fragment two: did the law effect recidivism? A matched trial Evidence fragment three: how did practitioners respond? Office talk Megan’s Law - an emerging theory Opportunity for and effectiveness of surveillance by the community is low. Increased surveillance and control by law enforcement - though this might lead to detection rather than deterrence. On the shoulders of giants? Are evaluation’s lessons transferable? Can we recycle evaluation findings? But would it work in my patch? Replication and the search for enduring empirical generalisation OR Comparison and the confederation of of diverse findings under ‘theory’ “THE GENERIC TOOLS OF GOVERNMENT ACTION” Rather than focusing on individual programs, as is now done, or even collections of programs grouped according to major ‘purpose’ as is frequently proposed, the suggestion here is that we should concentrate on the generic tools of government action that come to be used, in varying combinations in particular public programs. Carrot theory - a Cook’s Tour How Incentives Fare: New York Tenements Early 20th C USA - Erewon State University Campus Late 20th C Breakfast Room Domesticville, Canada Late 20th C Earmarking ‘death money’ A significant proportion of charitable poor relief, intended for basic nutrition and child welfare, was paid over as ‘death money’ to be used for the extravagant funerals of family members. The neighbours would talk if their wasn’t a “fine layout”. Earmarking ‘blood money’ “I kind of considered it like getting twenty bucks from grandmother. It’s 20 free dollars…. Your going to go blow it on something…. I never rea