Learning from Uncle Sam? Exploring US influences on British crime control policy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jones, T; Newburn, T
• 署名单位: Cardiff University; University of London; Goldsmiths University London
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/1468-0491.00181
• 发表日期: 2002
• 关键词: origins

摘要

This paper examines the idea of policy transfer hi the arena of crime control. More specifically, it examines the influence of the United States oil recent criminal justice arid penal policy developments in Britain. Three policy areas are discussed: privatized corrections, zero-tolerance policing, and three-strikes sentencing. Changes in these areas are widely perceived as being strongly influenced by developments in the U.S., although there has yet to be a systematic empirical study of how and why these policy developments occurred. Drawing on a review of literature, this paper examines the plausibility of the idea of policy transfer and highlights distinct routes through which policy transfer may occur between jurisdictions. It uses Bennett's (1991) model of policy convergence as a framework for exploring how emulation, elite-networking, harmonization, and penetration might have been relevant to policy changes in these areas. Finally, the paper considers how the concept of policy transfer in criminal justice and penal policy might be further examined empirically.