Evaluating P-ASRO outcomes
A feasibility study
Oct 2010 |
Topic | Crime & Justice
Researcher | Not available
About this study
P-ASRO (Prisoners - Addressing Substance Related Offending) is
the name of an intervention delivered to offenders in custody whose
substance use means they are more likely to commit crime.
This feasibility study was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice
to see if it is possible to evaluate the success of P-ASRO.
Listed below are the key findings, and you can also read the full report here or more detailed findings here.
- A randomised controlled trial (RCT) or other outcome study of P-ASRO is feasible.
- Ethical, clinical, legal and practical challenges cited throughout the literature and by staff and offenders can in fact be managed to enable a randomised controlled trial to take place.
- Stakeholders support the idea of an evaluation and recognise the need for high quality evidence that demonstrates whether P-ASRO is achieving its goals.
Method
| The research was primarily qualitative and comprised four distinct stages: interviews with strategic stakeholders; case studies in prisons; telephone interviews with Counselling, Assessment, Referrals, Advice and Throughcare (CARAT) service workers; and, a workshop with treatment managers. Case studies involved interviews and group discussions with both operational staff and offenders. |
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