What works in probation and youth justice
Subtitle: developing evidence-based practice
By: edited by Ros Burnett and Colin Roberts.
Contributors: Burnett, Ros.; Roberts, Colin.
Publisher: Willan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cullompton, Devon, UK; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.; Juvenile probation -- Great Britain.; Juvenile corrections -- Great Britain.; Juvenile delinquency -- Great Britain -- Prevention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence and importance of evidence-based practice in probation and youth justice / Ros Burnett and Colin Roberts; title: Evidence-based practice in the National Probation Service / Christine Knott; title: Towards effective practice in the Youth Justice System / Cedric Fullwood and Helen Powell; title: Assessment tools in probation: their development and potential / Simon Merrington; title: Is asset really an asset? Assessment of young offenders in practice / Kerry Baker; title: Exploring effective educational interventions for young people who offend / Geoff Hayward, Martin Stephenson and Maggie Blyth; title: Probation interventions to address basic skills and employment needs / Ilona Haslewood-Pocsik and Grainne McMahon; title: Offending behaviour programmes: emerging evidence and implications for practice / Colin Roberts; title: Intensive supervision and surveillance programmes for young offenders: the evidence base so far / Robin Moore; title: One-to-one ways of promoting desistance: in search of an evidence base / Ros Burnett; title: Using community service to encourage inclusive citizenship: evidence from the CS pathfinder / Sue Rex and Loraine Gelsthorpe; title: Opportunity, motivation and change: some findings from research on resettlement / Peter Raynor; title: Pursuing evidence-based inspection / Rod Morgan.