{"id":184,"date":"2019-01-26T23:21:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T23:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/thomtestnew\/chapter\/3-4-importance-of-evidence-based-practices\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T19:13:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:13:30","slug":"3-4-importance-of-evidence-based-practices","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/thomtestnew\/chapter\/3-4-importance-of-evidence-based-practices\/","title":{"raw":"4.4. Importance of Evidence Based Practices","rendered":"4.4. Importance of Evidence Based Practices"},"content":{"raw":"In the 1970s, Martin Robinson issued his infamous claim that \u201cnothing works\u201d in rehabilitating offenders. [footnote]Martinson, R. (1974). What works? - questions and answers about prison reform. The Public Interest, 35<\/em>: 22-54. [\/footnote]\u00a0In the 1980s, numerous research studies were published that contradicted this claim and proposed alternative approaches to combating crime and effective interventions. Since then, countless researchers, agencies, and even Congress have adopted the need to create comprehensive evaluations of effective programs.\n\nEvidence-based practices mean utilizing research in pursuit of identifying programs, policy initiatives, or practices that work. The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) \u201cconsiders programs and practices to be evidence-based when their effectiveness has been demonstrated by causal evidence, generally obtained through high-quality outcome evaluations,\u201d and notes that \u201ccausal evidence depends on the use of scientific methods to rule out, to the extent possible, alternative explanations for the documented change.\" [footnote] Crimesolutions.gov glossary (www.crimesolutions.gov\/glossary).[\/footnote] National research clearinghouses are great resources for systematic literature reviews of effective public programs across a plethora of areas, such as:\n