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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Operationalising desistance through personalisation


This article reports on the early stages of a project to develop a model of offender rehabilitation that operationalises the concept of desistance.

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An Introduction to Evaluation


This book covers all the essentials of evaluation:

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Research protocol published


Professor Stephen Morris and colleagues at NatCen Social Research and Institute of Education publish a research protocol for the Family SKILLS cluster randomized controlled trial

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‘Personalisation’: Is social innovation possible under Transforming Rehabilitation?


When the Coalition government’s ‘rehabilitation revolution’ was first articulated, innovation was an important theme, encompassing innovation by frontline staff, by organisations working within a mixed economy and even social entrepreneurs.

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Predictable Policing: Measuring the Crime Control Benefits of Hotspots Policing at Bus Stops


A fairly robust body of evidence suggests that hotspots policing is an effective crime prevention strategy.

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The 2010-2015 Coalition and Criminal Justice: Continuities and Contradictions


The criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales went through extensive reform under the Coalition Government of 2010-2015.

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