Title Evaluating the effectiveness of community penalties / edited by George Mair

Published Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., [1997] ©1997

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Description xxiv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Evaluative studies in social work Evaluative studies in social work. Contents Ch. 1. Evaluative research in probation: progress and prospects / Gill McIvor -- Ch. 2. Evaluating probation: a moving target / Peter Raynor -- Ch. 3. The limitations of reconviction rates / George Mair, Charles Lloyd and Mike Hough -- Ch. 4. Evaluating the 'tackling offending' initiative: effects without a cause / Adrian James and Keith Bottomley -- Ch. 5. Evaluating intensive probation / George Mair -- Ch. 6. Evaluating Scottish special probation schemes / Bryan Williams and Anne Creamer -- Ch. 7. Trying to unravel the Gordian Knot: an evaluation of community service orders / Jean Hine -- Ch. 8. Evaluating intensive probation: the American experience / Todd R. Clear -- Ch. 9. The cost and cost effectiveness of community penalties: principles, tools and examples / Martin Knapp and Ann Netten -- Ch. 10. Evaluation methodology: back to basics / Ray Pawson Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Community service (Punishment) -- Great Britain -- Evaluation. Community-based corrections -- Great Britain -- Evaluation. Probation -- Government policy -- Great Britain. Probation -- Great Britain -- Evaluation. Author Mair, George. LC no. 96079949 ISBN 1859720250

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