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Tag: Evidence Based Practice

Where do we start if we want to change the culture of a prison?

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Dr Rachel Gibson talks us through her recent work with Flora Fitzalan Howard, and Dr Helen Wakeling to better understand how to change prison culture.

Building procedural justice practice into prison complaints handling 

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Flora Fitzalan Howard, Nicola Cunningham, & Dr Helen Wakeling (Evidence-Based Practice Team, Insights Group, HMPPS) and Jo Voisey (Evaluation & Prototyping Hub, Ministry of Justice) reflect on their joint research and its application.

The Importance of Research at the Parole Board 

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A central theme of the Insights Festival is the importance of evidence and research in informing decision-making and operational practice. In this guest blog (originally published in 2023) Martin Jones CBE, the then Chief Executive of the Parole Board for England and Wales, explains why research is important at the Parole Board and points to some recent publications.

Are perceptions of Procedural Justice important in Probation, and can we measure them?

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Helen Wakeling, from HMPPS Evidence Based Practice Team talks us through developing a measure for perceptions of Procedural Justice in Probation.

Rehabilitative Adjudications in Prison – What Difference Do They Make?

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Flora Fitzalan Howard & Dr Helen Wakeling from HMPPS Evidence and Insights Evidence-Based Practice Team, talk us through their research findings.