@article{ref1,
title="Understanding policy reform in Colorado's domestic violence offender treatment standards",
journal="Social Policy and Administration",
year="2016",
author="Tunstall, Ashley M. and Weible, Christopher M. and Tomsich, Elizabeth A. and Gover, Angela R.",
volume="50",
number="5",
pages="580-598",
abstract="This study examines the perceived conditions leading to Colorado adopting revised Standards for treating domestic violence offenders from the perspective of Kingdon's multiple streams theory. A within-case analysis of ten semi-structured interviews explores the Domestic Violence Offender Management Board in Colorado's process for revising Colorado's 2001 Treatment Standards. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest a benign political stream, supported by technically feasible and value-accepted policy ideas, feedback and indicators of the problem, promoted a favourable setting for change. At least two policy entrepreneurs championed the decision-making process. Agenda setting and policy formulation depended on three elements: feedback from existing programmes, indicators of continued difficulty in effectively treating offenders, and the existence of a suitable policy alternative. This study contributes a rare application of multiple streams theory to a criminal justice context in a sub-national government. Future research should explore whether the presence of a benign political stream influences the development and revision of domestic violence policy in other policy environments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-5596",
doi="10.1111/spol.12136",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12136"
}