What Works: Reducing Reoffending Guidelines from Research and Practice

About the Editor vi

List of Contributors viii

Series Preface ix

Preface xi

Part I: The ‘What Works’ Debate

1 Reviewing ‘What Works’: Past, Present and Future 3
James McGuire and Philip Priestley

2 The Psychology of Criminal Conduct and Effective Treatment 35
Don Andrews

3 What do We Learn from 400 Research Studies on the Effectiveness of Treatment with Juvenile Delinquents? 63
Mark W. Lipsey

4 The Efficacy of Correctional Treatment: A Review and Synthesis of Meta-evaluations 79
Friedrich Lösel

Part II: Practical Applications and Current Developments

5 The STOP Programme: Reasoning and Rehabilitation in a British Setting 115
Christine Knott

6 Creating a Culture of Change: A Case Study of a Car Crime Project in Belfast 127
Tim Chapman

7 Teaching Self-risk Management to Violent Offenders 139
Jack Bush

8 A Rationale for the Treatment of Sex Offenders: Pro Bono Publico 155
Robert Prentky

9 Diversion from Prosecution: A Scottish Experience 173
David Cooke

Part III: Practice, Research and Programme Delivery

10 The Meaning and Implications of ‘Programme Integrity’ 195
Clive R. Hollin

11 Practitioner Evaluation in Probation 209
Gill McIvor

12 Effective Practice and Service Delivery 221
Colin Roberts

Index 237