Justice Data Lab Analysis: Re-offending Behaviour After Participation in the Making Connections Mentoring Programme

This document describes an evaluation of the Making Connections programme, a mentoring initiative aimed at reducing reoffending among women approaching release from HMP Send. The programme connects prisoners with community-based mentoring for up to six months pre-release. Evaluation methods included statistical analyses comparing reoffending rates, frequency, and time to first reoffence between programme participants and non-participants. Results indicate that participants are less likely to reoffend and commit fewer offences, although they do not take longer to reoffend when they do. These findings are statistically significant. The document also details the demographic and risk profiles of participants, the matching process for comparison groups, and addresses frequently asked questions about the analysis. The evaluation concludes that the programme appears to be effective in reducing reoffending, with the organization committed to further analysis and continuous improvement. The document is released under various iterations of the Open Government Licence and includes 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: February 2017

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