Justice Data Lab re-offending analysis: Prisoners' Education Trust

This document describes an evaluation of the impact of educational grants provided by the Prisoners Education Trust (PET) on the re-offending rates of offenders in custody. The grants, aimed at reducing re-offending, cover various types of educational courses and materials. The evaluation compares re-offending rates among offenders who received grants, those who were refused, and a control group, using statistical significance testing to assess the impact. Results indicate that grant recipients generally had lower re-offending rates than the control group, with reductions ranging from 3 to 13 percentage points depending on the type of grant. However, the differences in re-offending rates between those awarded grants and those refused were not always statistically significant. The document also discusses the limitations of the study, including potential selection bias and the representativeness of the treatment groups. The analysis is based on data from offenders matched to the Police National Computer between January 2002 and March 2013. The document is released under the Open Government License and provides detailed statistical definitions and 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: 2015

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