What works in promoting ‘What Works’? A comment on Sanders, Jones and Briggs

This short article is a comment on the recent proposal of a What Works Centre for probation ( Sanders, Jones and Briggs, 2021). Any new ‘What Works’ initiative needs to be informed by the patchy and uneven history of research on the effectiveness of probation in England and Wales. Problems have incl...

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Autor principal: Raynor, Peter (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
En: Probation journal
Año: 2022, Volumen: 69, Número: 2, Páginas: 235-244
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
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Probation
Probation Inspectorate
What Works
evaluation methodology
pathfinders
research centres
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Sumario:This short article is a comment on the recent proposal of a What Works Centre for probation ( Sanders, Jones and Briggs, 2021). Any new ‘What Works’ initiative needs to be informed by the patchy and uneven history of research on the effectiveness of probation in England and Wales. Problems have included, at various times, failure to keep up with research in other countries; over-dependency on government departments to conduct and fund research; poor planning and/or implementation of experimental projects; excessive managerialism, and failure to engage practitioners in a research culture. Unless they are avoided, these problems will hamper any new initiative.
ISSN:1741-3079
DOI:10.1177/02645505221087977