HMI Probation

The HMI Probation site includes findings from their inspections and research relevant to working in probation settings. For more information visit the HMI Probation site.

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Effective practice guide – integrated offender management

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Guide to effective implementation and approaches to integrated offender management. [From HMI Probation’s Effective Practice series].

Keywords: offender management

Risk-Need-Responsivity Model

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Overview and further reading in relation to the Risk-Need-Responsivity model of effective practice with offenders. [From HMI Probation’s Evidence base (probation)].

Keywords: RNR, what works

Effective case supervision (adults)

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Guidance on effective practice in supervising adults in probation settings. [From HMI Probation’s Effective Practice series].

Keywords: supervision

Academic Insights: Building restorative probation services

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Report on the evidence base relevant to developing restorative practices in criminal justice settings. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].

Keywords: restorative practice

Academic Insights: Trauma-informed practice

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Includes definitions, models, and impact of trauma, as well as a section on being trauma-informed and practice. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].

Keywords: trauma informed

Academic Insights: Maximising positive mental health outcomes for people under probation supervision

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Report on the importance of, and challenges involved in, promoting positive mental health among those on probation. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].

Keywords: mental health

Tailoring delivery to service users’ needs and strengths

[HMI Probation (2020)]

Report by HMI Probation focusing on the the extent to which the delivery of probation services in England and Wales is being tailored to service users’ individual needs and strengths.

Keywords: supervision

Academic Insights: A model for resettlement based on the principles of desistance and recovery

[HMI Probation (2019)]

Academic review of the latest evidence in addiction recovery. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].

Keywords: substance misuse

Academic Insights: Reconciling ‘desistance’ and ‘what works’

[HMI Probation (2019)]

Clarifying definitions of ‘desistance’ and ‘what works’, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, points of divergence and areas of agreement. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].

Keywords: reducing reoffending

Academic Insights: Supervision Skills for Probation Practitioners

[HMI Probation (2019)]

Exploring what helps and hinders in youth offending and probation services. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].

Keywords: supervision