Evidence-based skills in criminal justice

This book is the first to bring together international research on evidence-based skills and practices in probation and youth justice in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Wide-ranging in scope, it also covers effective approaches to working with ethnic minority service users, women and young people.

About the author

Pamela Ugwudike is associate professor in criminology at the University of Southampton. Her research projects have focused on criminal justice practice and they have been funded by the Welsh Government, the Youth Justice Board, the National Probation Service, and the Prison Advice and Care Trust.

Peter Raynor is a former probation officer and qualified social worker, now emeritus research professor in criminology and criminal justice at Swansea University, where he has worked since 1975.

Jill Annison is associate professor in criminal justice studies at Plymouth University. Her career as a practitioner, in teaching and as a researcher, has focused on women offenders.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Ugwudike
• Assisted by: Jill Annison (Editor), Peter Raynor (Editor), Pamela Ugwudike (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781447332961
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3296-1
• No. of pages: 460
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 851 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Ursachen und Prävention von Kriminalität, Bewährungshilfe