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2 results foundAuthor: Stouwe, T. van der, Title: Recidivism after Tools4U: Comparative recidivism research Tools4U 2012 Summary: Tools4U is a social skills training imposed as a penal sanction aimed at increasing the social and cognitive skills of youth aged 12 to 18 years with a medium-sized risk of reoffending. Previous research into the effectiveness of this intervention has found positive results regarding social and cognitive skills. In addition, Tools4U is generally in line with the What Works principles, principles any intervention aiming to effectively reduce recidivism should comply to. A previous study into the effects of Tools4U on recidivism compared 115 Tools4U participants to 108 youth with community service order a year later. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to match these youth to the Tools4U participants. No significant differences were found between the Tools4U group and this control group after periods of 6 months, 12 months, the longest available period for all youth (1.46 years), or for the maximum observed period (2.76 years). Furthermore, no moderating effects were found for age, gender, ethnic background, or criminal history. A marginally significant effect was found for violent offences: if Tools4U participants reoffended they were less likely to commit a violent offence than youth in the control group. The current study extends this previous work, with its relatively short follow-up period, by examining recidivism over a longer time frame. Furthermore, the previous study made use of a control group recruited a year after the Tools4U group, resulting in a different observation period for the two groups. The current study makes use of an additional control group, made up of youth with a community service order during the same period as the Tools4U participants received their training order. In addition, analyses were carried out on the influence of social and cognitive skills measured at entry. In the current study the following research questions are examined: To what extent is Tools4U effective in reducing recidivism? As measured by: prevalence of recidivism; seriousness of first new offence. Does the effectiveness of Tools4U depend on participant characteristics? Namely: age, gender, ethnic background, criminal history; skills deficiency measured at entry. Details: The Hague: Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security, WODC, 2018. 3p. Source: Internet Resource: Cahier 2018-4_Summary: https://www.wodc.nl/binaries/Cahier%202018-4_2704_Summary_tcm28-304747.pdf (Full text only available in Dutch) Year: 2018 Country: Netherlands URL: https://www.wodc.nl/binaries/Cahier%202018-4_2704_Summary_tcm28-304747.pdf Shelf Number: 149692 Keywords: Delinquency Prevention Juvenile Delinquents Offender Rehabilitation Recidivism Reoffending Social Skills TrainingYouthful Offenders |
Author: Christiaens, Eva Title: Evaluating the BOUNCEUp Tool: Research findings and policy implications Summary: The BOUNCE programme is an early prevention programme that aims to strengthen youngsters' personal resilience, self-awareness and social skills. The underlying assumption is that youngsters with higher personal resilience will be less susceptible for internalising and/or externalising conditions. BOUNCE consists of three interconnected tools: the BOUNCEYoung tool (a 10-session training for youngsters, targeted at strengthening their personal resilience), the BOUNCEAlong tool (an open training for parents, teachers and first-line workers, aimed at strengthening their awareness towards youngsters, prevention and resilience), and the BOUNCEUp tool (a train-the-trainer tool for first-line workers, teaching them how to work with the BOUNCEYoung and BOUNCEAlong tools). The current pilot project consisted of 10 BOUNCEUp trainings in European cities. It was subjected to an independent scientific evaluation with the aim of optimising its training approach and, more broadly, with the aim of finding promising practices of resilience trainings in general. This report provides a summary of the complete research process and the short-term results. Extensive data was collected through training observations, quantitative questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with participants as well as trainers. Thematic analysis was conducted to describe the theoretical assumptions of the BOUNCE programme, the training processes of BOUNCEUp and the short-term outcomes of the present pilot project. Whereas the BOUNCEUp training was highly appreciated by participants, practical implementation of the BOUNCE tools was low up to at least six months after the first training. As any social crime prevention, BOUNCE should be embedded into local prevention strategies. Moreover, durable implementation should include long-term evaluation of all BOUNCE actions. The present study has delivered a long-term BOUNCEUp evaluation tool, allowing cities to register their own actions with BOUNCE. Outcome data from this tool may inform future decisionmaking on social crime prevention in the city. The present study also provides in concrete recommendations for practitioners and policy-makers and for future research. Details: Gent, Belgium: Ghent University, 2018. 95p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 28, 2018 at: https://www.bounce-resilience-tools.eu/sites/default/files/2018-03/2018_03_02_bounce_research_report_ec_eindversie_0.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Europe URL: https://www.bounce-resilience-tools.eu/sites/default/files/2018-03/2018_03_02_bounce_research_report_ec_eindversie_0.pdf Shelf Number: 149932 Keywords: At-Risk Youth Crime Prevention Delinquency Prevention Juvenile Delinquency Social Skills Training |