Justice Data Lab re-offending analysis: NOMS CFO South East Serco (delivered during community sentences)

This document describes an evaluation of a voluntary employment program in the UK aimed at reducing re-offending rates among unemployed or economically inactive individuals, particularly offenders. The program, delivered by various providers across different regions, was assessed for its impact on participants either while in custody or after release. The evaluation employed a methodological approach that involved matching 1,067 offenders who participated in the program to a control group of 95,505 offender records with similar characteristics. The main results indicated that the program participants had a one-year proven re-offending rate of 30%, which was significantly lower than the 40% rate of the control group. The evaluation highlighted the importance of considering confidence intervals and acknowledged potential limitations such as selection bias and missing contextual information. The analysis did not compare employment outcomes but focused on the support received through the program. The evaluation concluded that there was a statistically significant reduction in re-offending rates for the program participants, with careful interpretation needed due to data representation limitations. The document, including tables comparing participant characteristics and contact information for further inquiries, is available 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
• Links to published evaluations (DEBUGGING): No final report link found.
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes