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Evaluating the effectiveness of community penalties

Title
Evaluating the effectiveness of community penalties / edited by George Mair.
Publication
Aldershot, Hants : Avebury ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, c1997.

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Additional Authors
Mair, George.
Description
xxiv, 173 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Evaluative studies in social work
Subject
  • Probation > Great Britain > Evaluation
  • Community service (Punishment) > Great Britain > Evaluation
  • Community-based corrections > Great Britain > Evaluation
  • Probation > Evaluation
  • Community service (Punishment) > Evaluation
  • Community-based corrections > Evaluation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Evaluative research in probation : progress and prospects / Gill McIvor -- 2. Evaluation probation : a moving target / Peter Raynor -- 3. The limitations of reconviction rates / George Mair, Charles Lloyd and Mike Hough -- 4. Evaluating the "tackling offending" initiative : effects without a cause / Adrian James and Keith Bottomley -- 5. Evaluating intensive probation / George Mair -- 6. Evaluating Scottish special probation schemes / Bryan Williams and Anne Creamer -- 7. Trying to unravel the Gordian knot : an evaluation of community service orders / Jean Hine -- 8. Evaluating intensive probation : the American experience / Todd R. Clear -- 9. The cost and cost effectiveness of community penalties : principles, tools and examples / Martin Knapp and Ann Netten -- 10. Evaluation methodology : back to basics / Ray Pawson.
Call Number
JFD 97-9623
ISBN
1859720250
LCCN
96079949
OCLC
37137983
Title
Evaluating the effectiveness of community penalties / edited by George Mair.
Imprint
Aldershot, Hants : Avebury ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, c1997.
Series
Evaluative studies in social work
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Mair, George.
Research Call Number
JFD 97-9623
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