Kerry Baker
Research Associate
Kerry Baker joined the Centre in December 1997 and has worked on a range of projects relating to probation and youth justice. In particular she has been involved in the development of Asset - the standard assessment tool now used by all Youth Offending Teams in England and Wales. In 2004 she completed a doctorate on 'Risk Assessment of Young Offenders'.
She is currently on secondment to the Youth Justice Board where she advises on policy developments relating to assessment, risk and public protection. She has also worked with youth justice services in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, Bulgaria and Canada.
Publications
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Journal Articles
K Baker, 'More Harm than Good? The Language of Public Protection' (2010) 49 Howard Journal 42
K Baker, 'Risk, Uncertainty and Public Protection: Assessment of Young People Who Offend' (2008) 38 British Journal of Social Work 1463
K Baker, 'Assessment in youth justice: professional discretion and the use of Asset' (2005) 5 Youth Justice 106
Books
K Baker, G Kelly and B Wilkinson, Assessment in Youth Justice (Bristol: The Policy Press. 2011)
Chapters
K Baker and B Wilkinson, 'Professional Risk Taking and Defensible Decisions' in H. Kemshall and B. Wilkinson (eds), Good Practice in Assessing Risk: Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches (London: Jessica Kingsley 2011)
K Baker and G Kelly, 'Risk Assessment and Young People' in H. Kemshall and B. Wilkinson (eds), Good Practice in Assessing Risk: Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches (London: Jessica Kingsley 2011)
K Baker, 'Community Services for Children and Young People' in G. Towl and D. Crighton (eds), Forensic Psychology (Wiley-Blackwell 2010)
K Baker, 'Young Offenders and Public Protection' in M. Nash and A. Williams (eds), Handbook of Public Protection (Willan 2010)
K Baker, ''Evidence based policy and practice', 'Key elements of effective practice' and 'Rehabilitation'' in B. Goldson (ed), Dictionary of Youth Justice (Cullompton: Willan 2008)
K Baker, 'Sentencing young people' in M. Blyth, R. Newman and C. Wright (eds), Children and Young People in Custody (Bristol: Policy Press 2008)
R Burnett, K Baker and C Roberts, 'Assessment, Supervision and Intervention: Fundamental Practice in Probation' in L. Gelsthorpe and R. Morgan (eds), The Handbook of Probation (Cullompton: Willan 2007)
K Baker, 'Risk in practice: systems and practitioner judgement' in M. Blyth, E. Solomon and K. Baker (eds), Young People and 'Risk' (Bristol: Policy Press 2007)
K Baker, R Burnett and C Roberts, 'Is Asset really an asset? Risk assessment of young offenders' in What Works in Probation and Youth Justice: Developing Evidence-Based Practice (Cullompton: Willan 2004)
Edited books
K Baker and A Sutherland (eds), Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements and Youth Justice (Bristol: Policy Press 2009)
Reports
K Baker, S Jones, C Roberts and S Merrington, 'Further Development of Asset' (2005) London: Youth Justice Board
K Baker, S Jones, C Roberts and S Merrington, 'Validity and Reliability of Asset' (2003) London: Youth Justice Board
Other details
Correspondence address:
Centre for Criminology
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Manor Road
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