eprintid: 10192439 rev_number: 14 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/24/39 datestamp: 2024-05-16 14:57:17 lastmod: 2024-10-01 15:06:53 status_changed: 2024-05-16 14:57:17 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Belur, Jyoti creators_name: Tompson, Lisa creators_name: Jerath, Kritika title: A theory of change driven approach to evaluating a multi-agency stalking intervention programme ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F52 keywords: Multi-agency partnership, evaluation, stalking, theory of change, EMMIE note: © The Author(s), 2024. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ abstract: Purpose: Multi-agency initiatives as a response to complex crimes, such as stalking, pose conceptual and operational challenges for practitioners and evaluators. This study addresses these challenges, by combining a theory of change driven approach with the realist-inspired EMMIE evaluation framework to present findings from a pilot multi agency stalking intervention partnership in England and Wales.// Methods: The study uses a mixed methods approach based on analysis of police data and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders to present a process and effect evaluation of a complex social intervention.// Results: Findings based on a small sample and limited follow up period show nonsignificant results in terms of reducing the harmful effects of stalking, but which are encouragingly in the right direction. The case study demonstrates the importance of a theory driven approach to multi-agency evaluation and identifies essential factors necessary for ensuring implementation success.// Conclusions: A theory of change driven approach and an EMMIE-inspired evaluation can help identify whether interventions work, how they work, for whom they work, and under what conditions. It demonstrates the importance of data collection and provision for long term evaluation plans, especially for complex social interventions. The paper makes a significant methodological and empirical contribution to evaluation literature. date: 2024-05 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102195 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2275983 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102195 lyricists_name: Belur, Jyoti lyricists_id: JBELU69 actors_name: Belur, Jyoti actors_id: JBELU69 actors_role: owner funding_acknowledgements: [Suzy Lamplugh Trust from the Home Office's Police Transformation Fund] full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Criminal Justice volume: 92 article_number: 102195 issn: 0047-2352 citation: Belur, Jyoti; Tompson, Lisa; Jerath, Kritika; (2024) A theory of change driven approach to evaluating a multi-agency stalking intervention programme. Journal of Criminal Justice , 92 , Article 102195. 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102195 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102195>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192439/1/Belur_1-s2.0-S0047235224000448-main.pdf