With the support of the Cabinet
Office’s Centre for Social Action and Nesta, a new evaluation aimed at assessing
the impact of our Through the Gate Council model has recently started.
User Voice is really excited to
announce that the evaluation will be led by leading academics in Desistance
Theory – which looks into why people decide to stop offending. The project will
be led by Dr Monica Barry and Dr Beth Weaver, along with Bethany Schmidt, Dr
Mark Liddle, Dr Judy Renshaw and Professor Rosie Meek.
The project will additionally receive
consultancy support from Professor Shadd Maruna, who is likewise a prominent
figure in Desistance Theory.
The evaluation is being carried out in
three pilot areas – The North East, West Midlands and London over the next year
and a half, finishing October 2015.
Through this evaluation, we aim to
demonstrate the impact of our Through the Gate model both on individual
participants’ rehabilitation journey towards becoming active citizens and also
on prison and probation services, including how they can become more cost
effective.
