What Works in Probation and Youth Justice

by Ros Burnett (Editor), Colin Roberts (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134035984
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ros Burnett is Reader in Criminology at the University of Oxford.

Colin Roberts is Lecturer in Criminology and Fellow of Green College at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Foreword 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 practice 9. Intensive supervision and surveillance programmes 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 service to encourage inclusive citizenship: evidence from the CS pathfinder 12. Opportunity, motivation and change: some findings from research on resettlement 13. Pursuing evidence-based inspection