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How do an individual’s criminogenic needs change throughout time within the criminal justice system? What are the social factors that lead to reoffending? What characterises individuals that desist from further offending?

Background

We want to address the causes of reoffending using personalised evidence, live data, and digital services to better target and sequence interventions. To do this we need to build the evidence base that can inform the development of more holistic measures than ‘proven reoffending’, factoring in a broader range of outcomes.

Next steps

We can be contacted at the following email address: [email protected].

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects

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    NERC: Jessica Cleary: ES/P000681/1 Using qualitative interviews with participants involved in criminal justice interventions, collected in Québec (Canada) and Scotland prior to the exchange, this project will expl...

    Funded by: FIC

    Lead research organisation: University of Stirling

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores how national level characteristics and processes impact an individual's ability to stop offending, which directly addresses the question.

  • Make Time Count Today - Reducing criminal reoffending on probation through data analytics, predictive behaviour recognition and optimised interventions

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: MAKE TIME COUNT TODAY LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses the causes of reoffending through data analytics, predictive behavior recognition, and targeted interventions.

  • ADR UK Data First Evaluation Fellowship

    Until recently, the large amounts of administrative data routinely collected about offenders as they are moved through the Criminal Justice System have been inaccessible to research. Instead, our understanding has largel...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Surrey

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on understanding the complex interconnections within the Criminal Justice System, which partially addresses the question.

  • Plymouth Community Justice Court: A Case Study of Problem Solving Interventions, Reducing Re-offending and Public Confidence

    The criminal justice system has over many years introduced a range of initiatives designed to reduce crime and support offenders in their efforts to desist from crime. One recent initiative, originating in the U.S.A and ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Plymouth

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project examines the effectiveness of a community justice approach and how communities respond to it, which partially addresses the question.

  • Understanding Offender Rehabilitation and Supervision

    Offender rehabilitation in England and Wales is in crisis. 57% of adults released from short custodial sentences re-offend within just 1 year of their release. Lack of rehabilitation is a key driver of record-high prison...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde

  • Optimising the risk assessment of violent recidivism: a retrospective cohort investigation

    In England and Wales, it is currently estimated that one in four individuals convicted of a serious violent offence will reoffend within two-years. In the Criminal Justice System (CJS), risk assessment tools are used ide...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: King's College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses the risk assessment of violent recidivism and examines educational factors associated with reoffending, aligning with the question's focus on criminogenic needs and social factors leading to reoffending.

  • Exploring and explaining the role of disadvantage in crime causation

    One of the most academically and publically discussed factors in crime causation is the role of social disadvantage (a comparative lack of social and economic resources). In fact, it is difficult to imagine any criminolo...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge

  • Imagining Possible Futures: Activating Lived Experience in Criminal Justice

    This Fellowship is urgent given the growing numbers of people cycling through systems of punishment. 10.74 million people are now imprisoned globally (Walmsley 2018). Reoffending rates are high in most Western countries ...

    Funded by: UKRI FLF

    Lead research organisation: University of Chester

  • Education and social care predictors of offending trajectories: An administrative data linkage study

    Criminal behaviour is a global public health problem associated with a wide range of poor health and social outcomes for victims and perpetrators. Such behaviour typically follows distinct pathways or trajectories, with ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: King's College London

  • Socio-Emotional Characteristics in Early Childhood and Offending Behaviour in Adolescence

    Approximately 80 percent of persistent offenders have their first interaction with the criminal justice system before reaching adulthood and the annual cost of late intervention is approximately £17 billion (MoJ, M...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Essex

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