The What Works Movement in the UK Government has seen the establishment of 12 centres to focus on evidence-based policy in different domains. In this paper, we present the challenges and opportunities posed by a What Works Centre (WWC) for Probation, based on our prior experience of establishing WWCs in other areas. Although there are legitimate and substantial challenges to some of the methodological approaches of ‘What Works’, we conclude that Probation is in an unusually strong starting position for such a centre to thrive.

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A What Works 缓刑中心：挑战和可能性

英国政府的 What Works 运动已经建立了 12 个中心，专注于不同领域的循证政策。在本文中，我们根据我们在其他领域建立 WWC 的先前经验，介绍了 What Works 中心 (WWC) 所带来的挑战和机遇。尽管“什么有效”的一些方法论方法存在合理且实质性的挑战，但我们得出结论，缓刑处于这样一个中心蓬勃发展的异常强大的起始位置。