Justice Data Lab re-offending analysis: Home Group (Stonham) residential and support service (delivered after prison 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 released from custody. The services, commissioned by Local Authorities, aim to facilitate independent living within two years. The evaluation used a methodological approach that compared a treatment group of offenders who received the services between 2002 and 2010 to a matched control group. The main result was a one-year proven re-offending rate of 49% for the treatment group, which was 4 to 10 percentage points higher than the control group. The evaluation concluded that the residential and support services were associated with a slight increase in re-offending rates. However, the analysis faced limitations such as potential selection bias, lack of contextual information, and the exclusion of certain individuals with specific characteristics. The document, which is available under the Open Government License, emphasizes the need for cautious interpretation of the results due to these limitations. **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