Part 1: Contextualizing practice: Key theoretical, organisational and policy developments; Chapter 1: Introduction - Effective practice skills: new directions in research ~ Pamela Ugwudike, Peter Raynor, and Jill Annison; Chapter 2: The effective practice of staff development in England and Wales: learning from history and contemporary research ~ Maurice Vanstone; Chapter 3: The search for impact in British probation: from programmes to skills and implementation ~ Peter Raynor; Chapter 4: Is constructive practice still possible in a competitive environment? Findings from a case study of a community rehabilitation company in England and Wales ~ Lol Burke, Matthew Millings and Gwen Robinson; Chapter 5: Implementation uptake: organisational factors affecting evidence-based reform in community corrections in the United States ~ Danielle S. Rudes, Faye S. Taxman, Kimberly Kras, Kimberly S. Meyer & Shannon Magnuson; Part 2: International research on evidence-based skills; Chapter 6: The Risk-Need-Responsivity model: evidence diversity and integrative theory ~ Martine Herzog-Evans; Chapter 7: Professional practices and skills in first interviews: a comparative perspective on probation practice in Spain and Belgium ~ Ester Blay and Johan Boxstaens; Chapter 8: Desistance-related skills in Romanian probation contexts ~ Ioan Durnescu; Chapter 9: From evidence-informed to evidence-based: the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision ~ James Bonta, Guy Bourgon and Tanya Rugge; Chapter 10: Promoting quality in probation supervision and policy transfer: evaluating the SEED programme in Romania and England ~ Angela Sorsby, Joanna Shapland and Ioan Durnescu; Chapter 11: Supervision face-to-face contacts: the emergence of an intervention ~ Heather Toronjo and Faye S. Taxman; Chapter 12: Understanding emotions as effective practice in English probation: the performance of emotional labour in building relationships ~ Andrew Fowler, Jake Phillips and Chalen Westaby; Chapter 13: Staff supervision in youth justice and its relationship to skill development: findings from Australia ~ Charlene Pereira and Chris Trotter; Part 3: Evidence-based practice with diverse groups; Chapter 14: Evidence-based skills in Welsh youth justice settings ~ Pamela Ugwudike and Gemma Morgan; Chapter 15: The impact of training and coaching on the development of practice skills in youth justice: findings from Australia ~ Chris Trotter; Chapter 16: Can the recruitment of ex-offenders enhance offender engagement? An assessment of the London Probation Trust's engagement worker role ~ Nigel Hosking and John Rico; Chapter 17: Collaborative family work in youth justice ~ Chris Trotter; Chapter 18: Resisting effective approaches for BAME offenders in England and Wales: the triumph of inertia ~ Patrick Williams and Pauline Durrance; Chapter 19: The ambiguity of therapeutic justice and women offenders in England and Wales ~ Jill Annison, Tim Auburn, Daniel Gilling and Gisella Hanley Santos; Chapter 20: Conclusion ~ Pamela Ugwudike, Jill Annison and Peter Raynor.