Reconviction Prediction for Probationers

In: Probation journal: the journal of community and criminal justice, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 8-12

Abstract

If probation officers are to be involved in collecting data to compile prediction scores they must be aware of how the final data is to be used and interpreted. Tessa Webb, Probation Officer in Essex, argues that practitioners need to be able to place research findings in context and highlight their limitations, to ensure that their work is not evaluated and interpreted on narrow and unreliable grounds.