Exporting the Troubled Families Programme to America - on flawed evidence

The Troubled Families Programme, launched by the coalition in the aftermath of the 2011 riots, was tasked with 'turning around' the lives of the 120,000 most 'troubled families' in England through intensive family intervention work. Despite the consensus being that it failed to do so, a recent policy brief suggested otherwise. Stephen Crossley and Roger Smith critique the research behind the brief.