The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and
independent organisation dedicated to making up-to-date,
accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily
available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic
reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for
evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of
interventions. This review covers effective practice in
parenting support within the youth justice. It was commissioned
to serve as a background source document on which the accompany
guidance produced 'Key Elements of Practice - Parenting' is
based. It is aimed primarily at managers and practitioners
working in the youth justice field who are directly involved in
providing, or brokering access to, services for young people who
offend and their families. It offers an accessible guide to the
current state of the evidence base on effective interventions
and services. Report presenting the findings of a study which
carried out a systematic review of the