What works in probation and youth justice : developing evidence-based practice / / edited by Ros Burnett and Colin Roberts

• Pubblicazione: Cullompton, Devon, UK ; ; Portland, Or., : Willan, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.6308350942
• Soggetto topico: Juvenile justice, Administration of - Great Britain; Juvenile probation - Great Britain; Juvenile corrections - Great Britain; Juvenile delinquency - Great Britain - Prevention
• Altri autori: BurnettRos RobertsColin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The emergence and importance of evidence-based practice in probation and youth justice / Ros Burnett and Colin Roberts -- Evidence-based practice in the National Probation Service / Christine Knott -- Towards effective practice in the Youth Justice System / Cedric Fullwood and Helen Powell -- Assessment tools in probation: their development and potential / Simon Merrington -- Is asset really an asset? Assessment of young offenders in practice / Kerry Baker -- Exploring effective educational interventions for young people who offend / Geoff Hayward, Martin Stephenson and Maggie Blyth -- Probation interventions to address basic skills and employment needs / Ilona Haslewood-Pocsik and Grainne McMahon -- Offending behaviour programmes: emerging evidence and implications for practice / Colin Roberts -- Intensive supervision and surveillance programmes for young offenders: the evidence base so far / Robin Moore -- One-to-one ways of promoting desistance: in search of an evidence base / Ros Burnett -- Using community service to encourage inclusive citizenship: evidence from the CS pathfinder / Sue Rex and Loraine Gelsthorpe -- Opportunity, motivation and change: some findings from research on resettlement / Peter Raynor -- Pursuing evidence-based inspection / Rod Morgan.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: What works in probation and youth justice
• ISBN: 1-134-03598-5; 1-134-03591-8; 1-281-33201-1; 9786611332013; 1-84392-493-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974591703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II