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6 results foundAuthor: McCracken, Katie Title: Evaluation of Alcohol Arrest Referral Pilot Schemes (Phase 2) Summary: Occasional Paper 102 presents findings from an evaluation of the second phase Alcohol Arrest Referral pilots which operated between 2008 and 2010 in eight police forces. Brief interventions to tackle alcohol-related offending were offered to adults, arrested and deemed to be under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol is frequently involved in violent offences; victims believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol in 44 per cent of all violent incidents (Chaplin et al., 2011) and it is estimated that alcohol-related crime costs the economy of England and Wales between £8 billion and £13 billion per year (Home Office, 2010). Research has consistently shown links between crime and disorder, ‘binge’ drinking and the night-time economy (Allen et al., 2003; Hobbs et al., 2003; Matthews and Richardson, 2005). Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) pilots were first introduced by the Home Office in 2007 in four police forces in England as a means of tackling the link between alcohol and offending, in particular in the night-time economy. A second phase of pilots started in in eight new police force areas in November 2008 and was funded until September 2010. The pilots built upon positive evidence from healthcare settings, which found that brief interventions helped to reduce alcohol consumption. The aim was to see whether this benefit could extend to a criminal justice setting and specifically, be used to also reduce re-offending. AAR involves offering a brief intervention to individuals arrested and deemed by a police officer to be under the influence of alcohol. An AAR intervention typically involves one brief intervention session with an AAR worker, but, in some cases ‘follow-up’ sessions are offered. The majority of interventions were delivered on a voluntary basis, with first sessions tending to be held in custody settings. This report presents findings from an evaluation of the second phase of AAR schemes. The evaluation took place between March 2009 and June 2010, and includes a six month follow-up of clients (until December 2010). The main aims of the evaluation were: to analyse the profile of those engaged by the schemes; to establish whether alcohol interventions had an effect on re-offending rates; to provide evidence on the cost effectiveness of the schemes; to seek evidence of any change in alcohol consumption and wellbeing indicators for those receiving alcohol interventions; to identify implementation and delivery lessons that can be applied to any future AAR schemes. Details: London: Home Office, 2012. 74p. Source: Occasional Paper 102: Internet Resource: Accessed March 9, 2012 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ102?view=Binary Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ102?view=Binary Shelf Number: 124405 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Evaluative StudiesIntervention Programs (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.) |
Author: Blakeborough, Laura Title: Summary of findings from two evaluations of Home Office Alcohol Arrest Referral pilot schemes Summary: Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) pilot schemes were set up to test whether providing brief alcohol interventions in a criminal justice setting could impact on re-offending. Two phases of Home Office-funded AAR pilots were set up across 12 police forces in total over the period October 2007 to September 2010. Both phases were evaluated separately using similar methodological approaches. This report provides a summary of the key findings from the two evaluations, focusing mainly on the combined results for schemes within each of the two phases of pilots. Stand-alone, more detailed reports for each phase are available on the Home Office website (phase one: http:// www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-researchstatistics/ research-statistics/crime-research/occ101, phase two: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/scienceresearch- statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/ occ102) and they include further breakdowns of analyses by scheme and other variables. Details: London: Home Office, 2012. 13p. Source: Research Report 60: Internet Resource: Accessed March 9, 2012 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/horr60?view=Binary Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/horr60?view=Binary Shelf Number: 124406 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Evaluative StudiesIntervention Programs (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.) |
Author: Kennedy, Alistair Title: Evaluation of Alcohol Arrest Referral Pilot Schemes (Phase 1) Summary: Brief interventions have been used with some success in the health sector and the National Alcohol Strategy identified arrest referral as another means of reaching harmful and hazardous drinkers. Brief interventions are not homogenous but are typically characterised by their length. They are a means of helping people identify harmful and hazardous drinking patterns and they establish ways of reducing alcohol intake through techniques such as motivational interviewing. The Home Office commissioned four Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAATs), in areas suffering high levels of alcohol-related crime and disorder, to run pilot alcohol arrest referral (AAR) schemes using brief interventions for 12 months from October 2007 to October 2008. The pilots aimed to reduce harmful and hazardous drinking and reduce re-offending by targeting individuals arrested for alcohol-related offences. Clients were identified within custody suites and referred to alcohol workers for a brief alcohol intervention. Three of the schemes delivered the interventions in the custody suite, although two of these had originally planned to deliver interventions in the community – the change in approach being necessary to increase the number of referrals. The fourth scheme relied heavily on Conditional Bail to encourage attendance and was more successful in delivering interventions away from the custody suite. The evaluation sought to test the aims of the pilots as well as learning lessons about the delivery and implementation of AAR and the cost-effectiveness of the schemes. This report presents the evaluation findings based on: interviews with people involved in delivering the interventions and a cross-section of clients; observing the delivery of interventions and comparing this against best practice in motivational interviewing; analysing data collected by the schemes on Alcohol Intervention Records1 (AIRs) about clients. Follow-up AIRs were also used to determine the impact of the interventions on alcohol consumption; assessing the impact on re-offending by comparing the change in the arrest rate for clients receiving the intervention to a retrospective matched comparison group from within the same police area; and analysing the cost of delivering the interventions and using this to conduct a break even analysis. Details: London: Home Office, 2012. 67p. Source: Occasional Paper 101: Internet Resource: Accessed March 14, 2012 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ101?view=Binary Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ101?view=Binary Shelf Number: 124551 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Evaluative StudiesIntervention Programs (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.) |
Author: Dicker, James Title: Payment-by-Outcome in Offender Management Summary: Half of adult prisoners released in England and Wales between January and March 2008 were reconvicted within 12 months of release. This appalling figure is behind the Government’s drive to implement payment-by-outcome in this area. Through analysis of pilots and proposals, this case study explores some of the tools that have been used to overcome the challenges in moving towards paying providers for reductions in re-offending rates. Details: London: 2020 Public Services Trust at the RSA, Public Services Trust, 2011. 33p. Source: Case Study 2: Internet Resource: Accessed April 17, 2012 at http://clients.squareeye.net/uploads/2020/documents/OM%20case%20study.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://clients.squareeye.net/uploads/2020/documents/OM%20case%20study.pdf Shelf Number: 125000 Keywords: Offender Management (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.)Recidivism (U.K.) |
Author: London Criminal Justice Partnership Title: An evaluation of the Diamond Initiative: year two findings Summary: This report presents the findings of a two-year evaluation of the London Diamond Initiative (DI). It presents insights into both the implementation and the impact of the DI - a multi-agency offender management approach aimed at reducing reoffending among key groups of offenders in some of London’s most challenging areas. The report sets out to capture the learning generated over the course of the scheme and to contribute to the evidence-base available for policy makers and practitioners to develop and deliver effective offender management within London and beyond. Details: London: London Criminal Justice Partnership, 2011. 106p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 17, 2012 at http://www.londoncjp.gov.uk/publications/diamond_year2_FINAL_050511.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.londoncjp.gov.uk/publications/diamond_year2_FINAL_050511.pdf Shelf Number: 125014 Keywords: Evaluative StudiesOffender Management (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.)Recidivism (U.K.) |
Author: Boorman, Richard Title: Prisoners' criminal backgrounds and proven re-offending after release: results from the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) survey Summary: This paper complements the range of Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) papers already published, based on a longitudinal cohort study of up to 3,849 prisoners sentenced in England and Wales in 2005 and 2006. Other papers focused on the SPCR prisoners’ childhood circumstances and backgrounds prior to custody including education, employment and accommodation, and demonstrated how many of these factors were associated with re-offending on release from prison. This paper is important to set these findings in context as this research confirms previous studies which have shown that previous offending is the factor most strongly associated with further re-offending, when all factors are considered together. The aims of this report were to: explore the relationship between previous offending and re-offending for the SPCR cohort; validate these findings alongside published National Statistics; and, explore the relationship between self-reported re-offending from the survey and proven re-offending from Police National Computer (PNC) records. Details: London: Ministry of Justice, 2012. 8p. Source: Research summary 8/12: Internet Resource: Accessed August 1, 2012 at http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/research-and-analysis/moj-research/proven-re-offending-after-release.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/research-and-analysis/moj-research/proven-re-offending-after-release.pdf Shelf Number: 125840 Keywords: Crimes Statistics (U.K.)Longitudinal StudiesRe-Offending (U.K.)Recidivism (U.K.) |