In this article the authors analyze relevant and reliable evidence on the effects of the preferable treatment customized to each social work client. In doing so, the authors look at four major standards of evidence: (1) evidence-based practice, (2) collaboration models (i.e., the Cochrane Collaboration and the Campbell Collaboration), (3) knowledge translation, and (4) the Social Work Article Club. The ultimate goal of these standards of evidence is to successfully transfer research into practice. Currently, there is a gap between research and practice as a result of a lack of collaboration. Most social workers do not possess the skills to implement change in practice based on research evidence. The authors' objective is to increase understanding by instilling, in part, positive feelings toward research.
The objective of this article is twofold: first, to examine the meaning of predatory organised crime (POC), which is defined according to the network governance theory, and, second, to identify the key elements that POC groups need in order to start, grow and expand. POC is a type of organised crime that occurs mostly in developing countries and that feeds on fraud, financial blackmail and shakedowns. This practice imposes heavy financial costs and physical dangers on legal businesses and represents the most detrimental hindrances to the economic growth. The network governance theory helps explain the necessity of flexible organisational structures in a global, fast-changing world. A key finding in this analysis is that POC groups tend to be successful, thanks to network governance; they practice a form of co-ordination characterised by informal social systems rather than by bureaucratic structures within groups and formal contractual relationships between them.
a governance approach, policy makers and practitioners benefit from more flexibility to move and adjust to evolving social issues; this approach is faster and more efficient than the traditional government paradigm originally permitted. The question for the next generation of policy makers is to determine what governance tools are appropriate for addressing this growing poverty epidemic. The goal of each tool should be to place the power in the hands of individuals familiar with welfare problems and solutions.
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