What Works’ and the Correctional Services Accreditation Panel

Taking stock from an inside perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID12900209
AuthorsMike Maguire (0000-0002-8379-6475, University of South Wales, corresponding author), Дон Грубин (Newcastle University), Friedrich Lösel (0000-0001-5461-3003, University of Cambridge), PETER RAYNOR (0000-0002-2628-3489, Swansea University)
Year2010
Volume10
Issue1
Pages37-58
Publication date2010-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCriminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748895809352651
OpenAlexW2117457111
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited23

This article provides an ‘insider’ perspective on the work of the Correctional Services Accreditation Panel (CSAP) of England and Wales, a key plank of the government’s ‘What Works’ strategy and in particular its aim of reducing re-offending through the development of ‘gold standard’, ‘evidence-based’ interventions (principally — but not exclusively — offending behaviour programmes). The article begins with a brief discussion of the concept of accreditation, its value and potential drawbacks. It then provides an account of CSAP’s working practices and some reflections on the results of its work so far, set against the background of challenges and tensions arising from a changing policy environment, resource constraints, mixed results from outcome studies, and debates about what some perceived as an over-narrow remit for accreditation. It concludes with some thoughts about possible future directions for CSAP or successor bodies with broadly similar goals

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