01245nam a2200181 4500 19611 19611 20041108u y0pory50 ba eng The What Works debate keeping a human perspective This 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. V.51,n.3 sep. 2004 p.248-252 Probation Journal London WHAT WORKS COMPORTAMENTALISMO PROBATION SERVICE PROBATION OFFICER ATKINSON David P.105 0 P__105_000000000000000 2021-12-17 22940 DGRSP DGRSP P.105 2021-12-17 0 AP