Evaluating the effectiveness of community penalties

Part 1 Evaluative research in probation - progress and prospects, Gill McIvor: in search of effectiveness developments in evaluative research building evaluation into practice - the reflexive practitioner. Part 2 Evaluating probation - a moving target, Peter Raynor: rethinking probation at least twice evaluating probation in the "treatment" era probation research in the era of diversion evaluation issues for the new rehabilitation. Part 3 The limitations of reconviction rates, Geogre Mair, Charles Lloyd, Mike Hough: problems associated with reconviction rates using reconviction rates. Part 4 Evaluating the "tackling offending" initiative - effects without a cause, Adrian James, Keith Bottomley: context, methodological issues the effects of "tackling offending" intiative summary and conclusions - success or failure?. Part 5 Evaluating intensive probation, George Mair: intensive probation the evaluation methodology the main findings of the study reflections on the methodology. Part 6 Evaluating Scottish special probation schemes, Bryan Williams, Anne Creamer: aims of the research methodology the four probation initiatives methodological issues results of the study discussion and conclusion. Part 7 Trying to unravel the Gordian knot - an evaluation of community service orders, Jean Hine: understanding the context the research design choosing the schemes the research methods research in practice deconstruction accepted constructs messages for evaluating effectiveness. Part 8 Evaluating intensive probation - the American experience, Todd R. Clear: the "goals" problem the context for ISP failure the goals of ISP. Part 9 The cost and cost effectiveness of community penalties - principles, tools and examples, Martin Knapp, Ann Netten: introduction - demands and needs framework and principles comprehensiveness establishing and exploring cost variations comparing like with like costs and outcomes. Part 10 Evaluation methodology - back to basics, Ray Pawson: out with the old - the demise of experimental evaluation in with the new - the rise of scientific realist evaluation a realist research design.