Although there is growing interest in criminal justice policy transfer, a dearth of empirical research in this area has been acknowledged. This article addresses this gap by presenting the results of research conducted on a case of policy transfer of a criminal justice programme, focused on group/gang violence reduction, from America to Scotland. Policy transfer models were used to develop, frame and conduct the analysis of what was considered a ‘successful’ programme transfer; however, it was found that no single model could fully account conceptually for a key finding of the research, namely a policy transfer ‘backflow’. This article details the key processes, mechanisms and outcomes of the policy transfer and in doing so reflects on the usefulness of orthodox and non-orthodox/social-constructionist policy transfer approaches in understanding the outcomes of this case of criminal justice programme transfer.

尽管人们对刑事司法政策转移越来越感兴趣，但是已经认识到在这一领域缺乏实证研究。本文通过介绍针对从美国到苏格兰的旨在减少群体/帮派暴力的刑事司法计划的政策转让案例进行的研究结果，来解决这一差距。使用政策转移模型来开发，组织和进行对“成功”计划转移的分析；但是，发现没有一个单一的模型可以在概念上完全解释该研究的一个关键发现，即政策转移“回流”。本文详细介绍了关键过程，