Journal of Children's Services: Volume 4 Issue 4
Research informing policy and practice
Table of contents
Evidence‐based policy: where is our theory of evidence?
Nancy Cartwright, Andrew Goldfinch, Jeremy HowickThis article critically analyses the concept of evidence in evidence‐based policy, arguing that there is a key problem: there is no existing practicable theory of evidence, one…
Technology, evidence and professional practice: reflections on the Integrated Children's System
Ian Shaw, Jasmine ClaydenThrough the results from part of a formative evaluation in England and Wales of the Integrated Children's System, the authors aim to illustrate the diverse ways in which policy…
Disseminators vs revisionists: attitudes to the ‘implementation gap’ in evidence‐based practice
Nick MidgleyAmbiguities in the term ‘evidence‐based practice’ (EBP) are often used to hide some of the tensions within the idea itself. This article seeks to clarify what EBP means and how…
Children Acts 1948‐2008: the drivers for legislative change in England over 60 years
Ray JonesThe article explores the drivers for legislative and policy change in children's social care in England over the past 60 years. It describes the factors that led to the major…
Lessons from Columbine: effective school‐based violence prevention strategies and programmes
Delbert ElliottOn 20 April 1999, at Columbine High School in Colorado, two students, Eric Harris (aged 18) and Dylan Klebold (17), embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher…
ISSN:
1746-6660Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- prof Emily Munro