Implementation and FidelityWhy a programme that worked in a trial often does nothing when rolled out.Criminal JusticeFive questions to ask of any disappointing evaluation.1ModelWhat the programme is, and the mechanism it relies on.2FidelityWhether it was delivered as designed or quietly adapted.3DosageWhether participants received enough of it to matter.4ReachWhether it reached the group it was validated on.5ContextWhether local conditions support the mechanism at all.Educational reference. Many null findings in criminal justice trials areimplementation failures rather than theory failures.Implementation and Fidelitylearnposters.com
Implementation and Fidelity — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Implementation and Fidelity, step by step

Five questions to ask of any disappointing evaluation.

  1. ModelWhat the programme is, and the mechanism it relies on.
  2. FidelityWhether it was delivered as designed or quietly adapted.
  3. DosageWhether participants received enough of it to matter.
  4. ReachWhether it reached the group it was validated on.
  5. ContextWhether local conditions support the mechanism at all.

Educational reference. Many null findings in criminal justice trials are implementation failures rather than theory failures.

Questions about the Implementation and Fidelity poster

What’s on the Implementation and Fidelity poster?
5 numbered steps. Five questions to ask of any disappointing evaluation. Model — What the programme is, and the mechanism it relies on.; Fidelity — Whether it was delivered as designed or quietly adapted.; Dosage — Whether participants received enough of it to matter.; Reach — Whether it reached the group it was validated on.; Context — Whether local conditions support the mechanism at all.. Educational reference. Many null findings in criminal justice trials are implementation failures rather than theory failures.
Who is the Implementation and Fidelity poster for?
Implementation and Fidelity belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning policy & evidence can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Implementation and Fidelity poster?
Use it before concluding from a null result that the theory was wrong. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Implementation and Fidelity belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Implementation and Fidelity?
Cost-Benefit in Justice Policy, Certainty Beats Severity and Measuring Disproportionality sit alongside Implementation and Fidelity in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Cost-Benefit in Justice PolicyCertainty Beats SeverityMeasuring Disproportionality
Is the Implementation and Fidelity poster free to download and print?
Yes. Implementation and Fidelity downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Implementation and Fidelity poster print at?
Implementation and Fidelity is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Implementation and Fidelity loses nothing.Printing guide

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