Contents

pp iii-vi

List of tables and figures

pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xviii

Part 1 - Contextualising practice: key theoretical, organisational and policy developments

pp 1-2

one - Introduction: Effective practice skills: new directions in research

pp 3-16

two - The effective practice of staff development in England and Wales: learning from history and contemporary research

pp 17-36

three - The search for impact in British probation: from programmes to skills and implementation

pp 37-56

four - Is constructive practice still possible in a competitive environment? Findings from a case study of a community rehabilitation company in England and Wales

pp 57-78

five - Implementation uptake: organisational factors affecting evidence-based reform in community corrections in the United States

pp 79-96

Part 2 - International research on evidence‑based skills

pp 97-98

six - The Risk-Need-Responsivity model: evidence diversity and integrative theory

pp 99-126

seven - Professional practices and skills in first interviews: a comparative perspective on probation practice in Spain and Belgium

pp 127-156

eight - Desistance-related skills in Romanian probation contexts

pp 157-168

nine - From evidence-informed to evidence-based: the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision

pp 169-192

ten - Promoting quality in probation supervision and policy transfer: evaluating the SEED programme in Romania and England

pp 193-216

eleven - Supervision face-to-face contacts: the emergence of an intervention

pp 217-242

twelve - Understanding emotions as effective practice in English probation: the performance of emotional labour in building relationships

pp 243-262

thirteen - Staff supervision in youth justice and its relationship to skill development: findings from Australia

pp 263-288

Part 3 - Evidence-based practice with diverse groups

pp 289-290

fourteen - Evidence-based skills in Welsh youth justice settings

pp 291-316

fifteen - The impact of training and coaching on the development of practice skills in youth justice: findings from Australia

pp 317-334

sixteen - Can the recruitment of ex-offenders enhance offender engagement? An assessment of the London Probation Trust’s engagement worker role

pp 335-352

seventeen - Collaborative family work in youth justice

pp 353-372

eighteen - Resisting effective approaches for BAME offenders in England and Wales: the triumph of inertia

pp 373-396

nineteen - The ambiguity of therapeutic justice and women offenders in England and Wales

pp 397-420

twenty - Conclusion

pp 421-432

Index

pp 433-441