Evaluating offending behaviour programmes

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A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of young offender treatment programs in Europe (2013, result): “When the first findings of accredited programs in England and Wales showed less positive results than North American reviews, controversies arose surrounding the optimism of ‘what works’ and the design of local evaluations (Harper and Chitty 2005; Hollin 2008; Maguire et al. 2010).”
The impact of skills in probation work: A reconviction study (2014, methodology): “More recently Hollin (2008) has argued that well-designed quasi-experiments can be as productive as random allocation studies, and ‘propensity score matching’ (i.e. matching by risk) has been used in recent Ministry of Justice research (e.g. Sadlier, 2010).”