What Works in Probation and Youth Justice : Developing Evidence Based Practice.

Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Notes on the contributors; 1 The emergence and importance of evidence-based practice in probation and youth justice; 2 Evidence-based practice in the National Probation Service; 3 Towards effective practice in the Youth Justice System; 4 Assessment tools in probation: their development and potential; 5 Is Asset really an asset? Assessment of young offenders in practice; 6 Exploring effective educational interventions for young people who offend; 7 Probation interventions to address basic skills and employment needs.

8 Offending behaviour programmes: emerging evidence and implications for practice9 Intensive supervision and surveillance progrqammes for young offenders: the evidence base so far; 10 One-to-one ways of promoting desistance: in search of an evidence base; 11 Using community serivce to encourage inclusive citizenship: evidence from the CS pathfinder; 12 Opportunity, motivation and change: some findings from research on rese.

Both probation and youth justice have undergone massive changes in recent years, and continue to face important new challenges. A key emphasis of new developments has been on developing effective evidence-based practice and disseminating this throughout the Probation and Youth Justice services -- reviewed in this book.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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