Justice Data Lab Analysis: Re-offending Behaviour After Participation as an Advisor in the St Giles Trust Peer Advisor Programme

This document describes an evaluation of the St Giles Trust Peer Advisor Programme, which aims to reduce reoffending by training offenders to advise their peers. The evaluation used various analyses to compare reoffending rates, frequency, and time to first reoffence between participants and a control group. Results indicated a potential reduction in reoffending rates and an increase in time to first reoffence for participants, although some findings were not statistically significant. The programme also appeared to lower the rate and frequency of custodial sentencing for reoffenders. The evaluation included detailed participant profiles and controlled for factors like demographics and criminal history. St Giles Trust acknowledged the programme's success in lowering reoffending rates. The document, under the Open Government Licence, encourages feedback on new measures and provides contact information for further inquiries. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Quasi-experimental method
• Quasi-experimental methods: Matching
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: October 2017

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Links to published evaluations (DEBUGGING): No final report link found.
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes