Justice Data Lab Analysis: Re-offending Behaviour After Participation in Life Cycle UK's Bike Back Programme

This document describes an evaluation of the 'Bike Back' programme by Life Cycle UK, aimed at reducing reoffending rates among prisoners by teaching them cycle mechanic skills at HMP Bristol. The programme's goals are to improve workplace skills, confidence, and self-esteem, with prisoners referred by officers or self-requesting to join. The evaluation used data analysis to compare reoffending rates and frequencies between programme participants and a matched comparison group. Results indicated no significant difference in reoffending, suggesting more data is needed to assess the programme's impact. Life Cycle UK responded by acknowledging the need for continued data collection for more conclusive results. The document includes detailed profiles, methodological approaches, and acknowledges limitations such as small sample sizes and the exclusion of certain individuals from the analysis. It is released under various versions of the Open Government Licence and provides 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: January 2018

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