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.
Follow-on evaluation of Sandwell Youth Offending Service – A Creative Approach to Working with Young People – Sandwell Youth Offending Service (August 2021)
Published: 10/11/2021
Summary: Sandwell Youth Offending Service have shared the evaluation of their creative approach to working with children in their service.
Serious Youth Violence Interim Evaluation Report – West Midlands Pathfinder (April 2021)
Published: 13/09/2021
Summary: An interim evaluation summary and report of the West Midlands Pathfinder work in relation to working effectively with parents and carers.
Purple Visits: Video Calls with Family for Children in Custody – Youth Custody Service (January 2021)
Published: 24/05/2021
Summary: A short information sheet for children in custody explaining ‘purple visits’, which are video calls with family members.
ACE and Trauma-Informed Approaches in Youth Justice Services in Wales: An Evaluation of the Implementation of the ECM project – Bangor University (March 2021)
Published: 18/03/2021
Summary: A report, executive summary and presentation in relation to the evaluation of ACE and trauma informed approaches in youth justice services in Wales.
Evaluation of Sector-Led Peer Assessments in Youth Justice – Youth Justice Sector Improvement Partnership (2019)
Published: 12/11/2020
Summary: An evaluation of sector-led peer assessments in youth justice.
Disproportionality Project, Evaluation Report – Islington and Haringey youth justice services (October 2020)
Published: 02/10/2020
Summary: Youth justice services have produced an evaluation for a programme designed to tackle key issues in regards to disproportionality of ethnic minority (including White minority) children in the Criminal Justice System in Islington and Haringey services.
National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Website (Updated 2022)
Published: 21/05/2020
Summary: Access to the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, which has a selection of practical guides to support undertaking evaluations.
Information About Evaluations – MOPAC (2019)
Published: 21/05/2020
Summary: Information from MOPAC on how they conduct evaluations and use evaluation to inform their work.
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