Justice Data Lab Re-offending Analysis: West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project

This document describes an evaluation of the impact of the West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project on the re-offending rates of prisoners. The project aimed to support offenders, and the evaluation compared 30 offenders who received support with a control group of 21,619 offenders using data from 2008 to 2010. The methodological approach involved matching offenders to the Police National Computer with a 97% match rate and analyzing re-offending rates with statistical significance testing and confidence intervals. The results indicated a one-year proven re-offending rate of 57% for the supported offenders versus 54% for the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant. The evaluation highlighted limitations such as the small sample size, potential selection bias, and the complexity of the individuals involved, recommending caution in interpreting the results and suggesting further analysis with a larger sample size. The document also details the matching process of the treatment and control groups across various characteristics and provides contact information under the Open Government License. **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: 2013

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

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