probation

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Engaging men and boys in violence prevention

[Wales Violence Prevention Unit (2025)]

A toolkit which aims to develop engaging violence prevention programmes for men and boys.

Hope and Probation: Using the lens of hope to reimagine probation practice

[HMI Probation (2025)]

This report focuses on the concept of hope within the delivery of probation services, recognising that having hope is important for people who have a desire to change. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: desistance

Reducing Reoffending A Synthesis of Evidence on Effectiveness of Interventions

[Ministry of Justice (2025)]

Updated evidence review on what works in reducing reoffending.

Keywords: reoffending

Transitional Safeguarding in youth justice and probation services

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Views on how youth justice and probation work together to provide services to young people to ensure Transitional Safeguarding. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: young people, safeguarding

Working with young adults in the justice system

[Clinks (2025)]

Summary of the evidence on working with young adults in the criminal justice system. [From the Clinks online Evidence Library].

Keywords: young adults

Sport and physical activity as an intervention for reintegration and resettlement

[HMI Probation (2024)]

This report sets out six key mechanisms for the effective design and implementation of sport-based criminal justice interventions. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: sport, resettlement

Process evaluation of the Newham Y2A Hub

[Ministry of Justice (2024)]

Helpful description of the probation hub model of transition from youth to adulthood.

Keywords: young people, young adults

Justice Changes Her Face

[Clinks (2025)]

Best practice in women’s problem-solving courts. [From the Clinks online Evidence Library].

Keywords: female

Effective practice in resettlement

[HMI Probation (2023)]

Academic insights report, reviewing the evidence base on how best to support people as they leave prison and transition back into the community. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: resettlement

Post-release death investigations

[Prison & Probation Ombudsman (2023)]

This learning lessons bulletin summarises the learning from PPO investigations into the deaths of those who died within 14 days of release from prison.

Keywords: resettlement, health