How to Evaluate Practice
This section contains information, documentation and other web-based resources that youth justice services may find helpful when considering in-house evaluations or measuring the impact of a programme.
The page will soon be updated with more information you may find useful.
Enhanced Case Management Evaluation (Phase one) (April 2023)
Published: 05/04/2024
Summary:
This research was commissioned by the YJB and carried out by Opinion Research Services. The Enhanced Case Management (ECM) approach is a trauma-informed, psychology-led approach to working with children in youth justice services.
Enhanced Case Management Evaluation (Phase two: analysis of reoffending rates) (January 2024)
Published: 03/04/2024
Summary:
This research was commissioned by the YJB and carried out by Opinion Research Services
The key aim of this study is to consider the following questions:
1. Are participants on the ECM project more or less likely to reoffend than those in the control group?
2. Is repeat reoffending lower or higher for those on the ECM project compared to the control group?
3. Is the severity of the offences committed by those who did reoffend from the ECM programme different to those in the control group?
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