RT Article T1 What's crucial in evaluation research: a reply to Bennett JF The British journal of criminology VO 36 IS 4 SP 574 OP 578 A1 Pawson, Ray 1948- A2 Tilley, Nick 1947- LA English YR 1996 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640120378 AB Beware researchers proclaiming an innocence in respect of methodological principles. Every nut, bolt and washer in a laboratory instrument is the carrier of epistemological assumptions. Every aspect of design, data collection and analysis in social research bears a commitment to a particular model of social explanation. This paper examines Bennett's reconstruction of his own research, detects some wishful thinking and seeks to extract from the debate further clarification on what is crucial in evaluation research K1 England K1 Kriminalprävention K1 Community Policing K1 Evaluation K1 Methodenfragen K1 Experimentelle Forschung K1 Evaluationsforschung