ABSTRACT
Evidence-based policy is currently a highly influential movement. Though it originated in the field of medicine, in the UK, the USA and other (mostly Anglo-Saxon) countries, there is an increasing drive to use evidence to inform, develop and refine policy and practice. This push to improve how research and analysis informs policy and practice is increasingly being felt in a wide range of areas: in addition to evidence-based health and social care, we now hear of evidence-based housing policy, transport policy, education and criminal justice.
