A What Works Centre for Probation: Challenges and possibilities

The What Works Movement in the UK Government has seen the establishment of 12 centres to focus on evidence-based policy in different domains. In this paper, we present the challenges and opportunities posed by a What Works Centre (WWC) for Probation, based on our prior experience of establishing WWC...

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Main Author: Sanders, Michael (Author)
Contributors: Simonson, Louise ; Briggs, Eleanor
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Probation journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-114
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Practitioners
Organisational Culture
Organisational change
Research Methods
What Works
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Summary:The What Works Movement in the UK Government has seen the establishment of 12 centres to focus on evidence-based policy in different domains. In this paper, we present the challenges and opportunities posed by a What Works Centre (WWC) for Probation, based on our prior experience of establishing WWCs in other areas. Although there are legitimate and substantial challenges to some of the methodological approaches of ‘What Works’, we conclude that Probation is in an unusually strong starting position for such a centre to thrive.
ISSN:1741-3079
DOI:10.1177/02645505211025077