Evaluation On Probation: Developing Gender-Responsive And Jurisdictionally Appropriate Evaluation Systems For Offender Services In The British Isles

Kerr, Bridget

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“…(‘Program’ and ‘programmes’ here do not mean simply offending behaviour group programmes, but all structured and replicable interventions with supervisees.) Work has recently started on the use of the CPAI and similar tailor-made instruments in a British context, supported by studentships from the Economic and Social Research Council (Kerr, 2016; Ugwudike and Morgan, 2018). They incorporate assessment of core correctional practices, or skills.…”

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What matters is what you do: The rediscovery of skills in probation practice

Raynor

Vanstone

2018

European Journal of Probation

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This article discusses the recent emergence of practice skills or ‘core correctional practices’ as a focus for research and staff development in probation work. Starting with the gradual discovery of an empirical approach to practitioners’ use of skills, the article reviews recent research on the nature and impact of skills in effective practice and argues the case for their development as a key strategy for improving probation services, provided that management systems adapt to recognise and encourage them.

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