Justice Data Lab re-offending analysis: NOMS CFO (delivered in the community)

This document describes an evaluation of a voluntary employment program for unemployed or economically inactive individuals in the UK, specifically targeting offenders on community sentences or in custody. The program's goal is to improve participants' attitudes, life skills, and access to further learning or employment, with the aim of reducing re-offending rates. The evaluation used a methodological approach that involved analyzing data from 14,599 offenders who participated in the program in 2010, and comparing their re-offending rates to a matched control group of 91,632 offenders. The results indicated that participants had a re-offending rate of 32%, which was lower than the 38% for the control group, suggesting a reduction in re-offending by 4 to 8 percentage points. However, the analysis also found no significant difference in re-offending rates for offenders who participated in the program while in custody. The evaluation acknowledges limitations such as selection bias and missing contextual information, and advises caution in interpreting the results. The document, which includes regional analyses and comparisons of participant characteristics, is released under the Open Government License, allowing for free reuse of the information. **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: 2013

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