...Tim Bateman Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the tension between government protestations that youth justice policy is evidence-led and what the evidence implies in the context of the age of criminal responsibility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form...

..., to not only see if it is able to achieve beneficial outcomes but also to start testing its delivery mechanisms against evidence. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Crime Police Prisons Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Party Policy Accountability Governance Evidence POLICY...

...Nick Tilley This paper outlines some of the common failings, failures and abuses in the use of evidence. Evidence is important for the identification of problems for preventative efforts, effective decision‐making and implementation of measures but theory and its rigorous testing, is crucial...