Evidence-based skills in criminal justice : international research on supporting rehabilitation and desistance / edited by Pamela Ugwudike, Peter Raynor and Jill Annison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ugwudike, Pamela, 1969- editor.

Raynor, Peter, editor.

Annison, Jill, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation.

Criminals.

Evidence-based social work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 441 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book is the first to bring together international research on evidence-based skills and practices in probation and youth justice in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Wide-ranging in scope, it also covers effective approaches to working with ethnic minority service users, women and young people.

Contents:

Introduction. Effective practice skills: new directions in research / Pamela Ugwudike, Peter Raynor and Jill Annison

The effective practice of staff development in England and Wales: learning from history and contemporary research / Maurice Vanstone

The search for impact in British probation: from programmes to skills and implementation / Peter Raynor

Is constructive practice still possible in a competitive environment? Findings from a case study of a community rehabilitation company in England and Wales / Lol Burke, Matthew Millings and Gwen Robinson

Implementation uptake: organisational factors affecting evidence-based reform in community corrections in the United States / Danielle S. Rudes, Kimberly R. Kras, Kimberly S. Meyer and Shannon Magnuson

The Risk-Need-Responsivity model: evidence diversity and integrative theory / Martine Herzog-Evans

Professional practices and skills in first interviews: a comparative perspective on probation practice in Spain and Belgium / Ester Blay and Johan Boxstaens

Desistance-related skills in Romanian probation contexts / Ioan Durnescu

From evidence-informed to evidence-based: the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision / James Bonta, Guy Bourgon and Tanya Rugge

Promoting quality in probation supervision and policy transfer: evaluating the SEED programme in Romania and England / Angela Sorsby, Joanna Shapland and Ioan Durnescu

Supervision face-to-face contacts: the emergence of an intervention / Heather Toronjo and Faye S. Taxman

Understanding emotions as effective practice in English probation: the performance of emotional labour in building relationships / Andrew Fowler, Jake Phillips and Chalen Westaby

Staff supervision in youth justice and its relationship to skill development: findings from Australia / Charlene Pereira and Chris Trotter

Evidence-based skills in Welsh youth justice settings / Pamela Ugwudike and Gemma Morgan

The impact of training and coaching on the development of practice skills in youth justice: findings from Australia / Chris Trotter

Can the recruitment of ex-offenders enhance offender engagement? An assessment of the London Probation Trust's engagement worker role / Nigel Hosking and John Rico

Collaborative family work in youth justice / Chris Trotter

Resisting effective approaches for BAME offenders in England and Wales: the triumph of inertia / Patrick Williams and Pauline Durrance

The ambiguity of therapeutic justice and women offenders in England and Wales / Jill Annison, Tim Auburn, Daniel Gilling and Gisella Hanley Santos

Conclusion / Pamela Ugwudike, Jill Annison and Peter Raynor.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-3299-7

1-4473-3298-9

1-4473-3300-4

1-4473-3297-0

OCLC:

1280908149