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What Works (what + work)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Medical Sciences28%

Selected Abstracts

Drug Treatment: What Works?

ADDICTION, Issue 3 2005
STEVE ALLSOP
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Pay (Adequately) For What Works: The Economic Undervaluation of Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Recordings

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION, Issue 4 2008
Thomas D. Giles MD
When they tell you it's not about the money,it's about the money.,H.L. Mencken (not verified) [source]

Prudential Supervision: What Works and What Doesn't

THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL, Issue 483 2002
Charles Goodhart
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Models of Adoption Support: What Works and What Doesn't

CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK, Issue 1 2004
Sheila M. Thompson Lecturer
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

The Importance of Being Thorough: On Systematic Accumulations of ,What Works' in Education Research

JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION, Issue 2008
ALIS OANCEA
This article outlines and appraises the considerable criticism of educational research, both in the United Kingdom and in North America, and shows how it has pointed to a narrowing of what counts as good or worthwhile research in the policy discourse. In particular, this involved prioritising research that purports to show clearly and unmistakably ,what works', and institutionalising this view of research in a range of centres that receive official approval. The article, though recognising the fruit of such centres, challenges the epistemological basis of such a narrowing of what counts as research, and, in doing so, analyses what is meant by evidence, the different kinds and strengths of evidence and the consequent need to democratise the search and appraisal of evidence in the constant refinement and criticism of the evidence. [source]

Desistance-Focused Criminal Justice Policy Research: Introduction to a Special Issue on Desistance from Crime and Public Policy

THE HOWARD JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Issue 4 2004
Stephen Farrall
Only recently, however, have researchers started to forge links between studies of desistance from crime and ,What Works' in offender management policy (see especially, Maruna and Immarigeon 2004). This ,coming together' of research into why people stop offending and the (re-)emergence of concerns with effective practice is, like many partnerships, partly the result of good timing, partly the result of fortune, and not without its tensions and struggles. The purpose of this introductory essay, and indeed of this special issue, is to explore these tensions in greater depth than has been possible in previous work. [source]

Power, Knowledge and ,What Works' in Probation

THE HOWARD JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Issue 3 2001
Gwen Robinson
This article examines the implications of the quest for knowledge of ,what works' in the context of probation, both at the level of professional practice and the broader level of the power base of the service as a whole. It is argued that the pursuit of knowledge of ,what works' in probation practice has had interesting and paradoxical implications for the probation service and its personnel, being associated with increasing credibility, whilst also exposing the service to a number of risks. The article concludes that the paradox of ,what works' has been magnified by its appropriation by the political centre in the form of the Effective Practice Initiative and, more recently, the ,what works' programme. [source]