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Academic insights

Academic Insights are aimed at all those interested in research and developments in the evidence base for high-quality probation and youth justice services.

We commission leading academics to present their views on specific topics, assisting with informed debate and aiding understanding of what helps and what hinders the delivery of services.

Crucially, evidence-based practice is supported by blending key findings and insights from a range of models, disciplines and types of research, as well as from across jurisdictions. 

The views expressed in the papers do not necessarily reflect the policy position of HM Inspectorate of Probation.

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Maximising positive mental health outcomes for people under probation supervision

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This report highlights the importance of maximising positive mental health outcomes for people under probation supervision – both for the individuals themselves and in terms of wider societal benefits.

Trauma-informed practice

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This report summarises the evidence base around trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the lives of people who have committed offences.

Building restorative probation services

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This report highlights the Council of Europe guidelines on restorative justice.

Emotional Labour in Probation

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This report explores the concept of ‘emotional labour’ and its application to the delivery of probation services.

Recruitment, training and professional development of probation staff

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This report highlights the recent introduction of Council of Europe guidelines covering the recruitment, training and professional development of probation staff.

Innovation and the Evidence Base

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This report explores the concept of innovation and its application to the delivery of probation services.

If reoffending is not the only outcome, what are the alternatives?

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This report highlights the complexities of measuring outcomes.

Innovation in probation: The Eurobarometer on Experiencing Supervision

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This report highlights the links between subjective experiences of supervision and probation outcomes, and how this has led to the development of a new tool for use with service users – the Eurobarometer on Experiencing Supervision.

Supervision Skills for Probation Practitioners

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Individual supervision is what most people supervised by probation services receive most of the time, and the studies reviewed in this report highlight the importance of investing in practitioners’ skills.

International Human Rights Standards and Youth Justice

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This report reviews the key international human rights standards which apply to youth justice. The standards provide a unifying framework for formulating youth justice policy and for guiding practice.