PERUPolicy Evaluation Research Unit

At PERU, we believe that evaluation and research play an important role in human flourishing. For us, relationships are a core research theme, and methodological innovation is our core expertise. We hold these in critical tension to ensure we remain true to the demanding nature of social reality.

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Innovation and the Evidence Base


This report explores the concept of innovation and its application to the delivery of probation services.

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Putting the community back into payback


This chapter explores how to put communities back into community payback through the use of co-operatives.

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If reoffending is not the only outcome, what are the alternatives?


Probation provision is complex, with a range of providers dealing with diverse service users and performing differing functions.

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Enabling change: An assessment tool for adult offenders that operationalises risk needs responsivity and desistance principles


An assessment tool for adult offenders that operationalises risk needs responsivity and desistance principles

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