01082nam a2200133   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000550005533006730011046100620078360600730084570000200091885200100093819611  a20041108u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aThe What Works debateekeeping a human perspective  aThis article, arising from the author's long experience of work in the probation service, was inspired by Peter Raynor's (2003) article "Evidence-based practice and its critics". It argues that the antipathy many probation staff have towards the What Works agenda is not necessarily a rejection of cognitive behavioural methods in themselves. Rather, in the politically driven rush to produce "results", it suggests that there has been a failure to take proper account of the importance of the individual and his or her complex needs. This is the probation officer's traditional strength and, it is argued, is something that Raynor's article fails to fully appreciate.  vV.51,n.3dsep. 2004pp.248-252tProbation JournalcLondon  aWHAT WORKS  COMPORTAMENTALISMO  PROBATION SERVICE  PROBATION OFFICER  aATKINSONbDavid  jP.105