These five-minute videos are aimed at all those interested in the key lessons from probation and youth justice research studies. Reflecting upon their work, leading academics set out their top pieces of advice for the delivery of high-quality probation and/or youth justice services.
The videos help to provide a rounded view of the evidence base, assisting with informed debate and aiding understanding of what helps and what hinders service delivery.
(The views expressed in each of the videos do not necessarily reflect the policy position of HM Inspectorate of Probation. Disclaimer: an external platform has been used to host these videos. Recommendations for further viewing may appear at the end of the videos and are beyond our control.)
Professor Beth Weaver offers her reflections from research, highlighting the importance of focusing on the person in front of you, staying curious and being open to learning, and looking beyond the confines of contemporary probation practice.
Professor Hazel Kemshall offers her reflections from research, encompassing the need to use risk assessment tools with integrity, reflect on the quality of decision making, and use the most effective risk management techniques.
Professor David Best offers his reflections from research, including the need to make your relationships matter, to effectively engage people with community resources and the importance of patience and tolerance.
Professors Ioan Durnescu and Faye S. Taxman offer their reflections from research, including to establish community corrections as a standalone sanction focused on desistance and rehabilitation, focus on relationship building, culture change, and community support, promote fair and just treatment and invest in individuals, families, communities, and community corrections.
Professor Pamela Ugwudike offers her reflections from research, including to use tools as decision-making guides, ensure that processes are transparent and to participate in regular training.
Professor Fergus McNeill offers his reflections from research, including to focus on reintegration as the primary goal, recognise people in terms of their worth and potential, and to adopt a dialogical approach.
Professor Lol Burke provides his reflections from research, including to provide space for practitioners to reflect upon their practice, be part of a broader project to promote social justice, and to focus on inclusivity and reducing discrimination.
Professor Rob Canton offers his reflections from research, including to support people in their own endeavour, the need for emotional literacy and to treat people with respect.
Professor Barry Goldson provides his reflections from research, including to adhere to knowledge, evidence and human rights standards, to focus on diversion from the formal youth justice system and on non-custodial solutions.
Professor Chris Fox provides his reflections from research, including the need to adopt personalised and co-produced approaches, to think about organisational change, and look at the evidence in the round.
