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

This document describes an evaluation of the impact of support services provided by Home Group (Stonham) to individuals on community sentences with the goal of reducing re-offending. The services, which include housing and accommodation support, were provided to offenders between 2003 and 2010. The evaluation used a methodological approach that involved matching offenders who received the services to a control group with similar characteristics, excluding individuals with sexual offenses. The main results indicate a non-statistically significant 1% difference in re-offending rates between the treatment group and the control group, suggesting no conclusive evidence of the services' impact on re-offending. The evaluation highlights the need for caution in interpreting the results due to potential selection bias and missing contextual information. It recommends further analysis with larger sample sizes and additional data to improve the precision of the estimates. The document also compares the characteristics of the treatment and control groups and discusses the statistical significance testing used in the analysis. Additional analyses on other service types provided by Home Group show no significant differences for the Support Only service, increased re-offending for the Residential and support service, and reduced re-offending for the Short Term Accommodation service. The document is available under the Open Government License and provides contact information for related enquiries. **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
• Links to published evaluations (DEBUGGING): No final report link found.
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes