Justice Data Lab re-offending analysis: Home Group (Stonham) Residential and Support Service (delivered whilst on community sentences)

This document describes an evaluation of the impact of residential and support services provided by Home Group (Stonham) on the re-offending rates of individuals on community sentences. The services aim to assist individuals in achieving independent living within two years and vary in intensity based on individual needs and Local Authority contracts. The evaluation used a methodological approach that compared a treatment group of 5,233 offenders who received services between 2002 and 2010 to a matched control group, with a focus on those who received services within six months of a community sentence or release from custody. The main results indicated a one-year proven re-offending rate of 52% for the treatment group, which was 3-14 percentage points higher than the control group, and a frequency of 1.82 offenses per individual compared to 1.39 in the control group, with a p-value of 0.005 suggesting statistical significance. The evaluation concluded that while the re-offending rate was higher for those who received Home Group services, the results should be interpreted with caution due to potential limitations such as selection bias, small sample size, and lack of contextual information. Additional analyses showed no significant difference in re-offending rates for the Support Only service, an increase for the Residential and support service, and a reduction for the Short Term Accommodation service. The document is released under the Open Government License and produced by the Ministry of Justice. **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: 2014

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