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The Hampshire Domestic Abuse Experiment Chief Superintendent Scott Chilton

The Hampshire Domestic Abuse Experiment Chief Superintendent Scott Chilton. Domestic abuse - . Global curse – Failing the victims ? Do we know what works ? Specific experiments No systematic review Project CARA Longitudinal study – What can we do with the data ?. What is Project CARA?.

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The Hampshire Domestic Abuse Experiment Chief Superintendent Scott Chilton

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  1. The Hampshire Domestic Abuse Experiment Chief Superintendent Scott Chilton

  2. Domestic abuse - • Global curse – Failing the victims ? • Do we know what works ? • Specific experiments • No systematic review • Project CARA • Longitudinal study – What can we do with the data ?

  3. What is Project CARA? • Randomised Controlled Trial • Home Office/CPS/MOJ and third sector design and support • Domestic Abuse Cases involving Conditional Caution • Comparison of reoffending between offenders subject to offending workshops and those not subject to this condition

  4. Progress to date • Experiment commenced on 13th August 2012 • All data/cases tracked • ‘Sub experiment’ - Victims views • Positives* – Workshop attendance/lack of reoffending/low attrition/positive victim feedback • Negatives – Case flow/eligibility criteria/evidential sufficiency

  5. The CJS Response Taking a year of data in Western Hampshire March 2012/13: • 9432 calls for service* • 2290 arrests • 768 charged *to be data cleansed

  6. Disposals

  7. A New Approach? • Analysis of data has shown that 54% of cases result in no further action (NFA) • No action taken to address offending behaviour • Risk of reoffending increased due to the feeling that offender “got away with it” • Increased police involvement in further offences due to NFA

  8. ‘Nudge’ • Can we encourage NFA’d offenders to participate in workshops by the application of ‘nudge’ principles? • Can a Level 5 RCT be designed to test the effectiveness of this approach?

  9. What is ‘Nudge’? • The nudge principle involves persuasion of individuals to carry out a course of action by highlighting the best option in particular circumstances – in this case workshop attendance. • Primarily practiced by Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team in UK • Nudge is based on voluntary decision-making

  10. Progress • Eligibility criteria proposed & pipeline study progressing • 10-case trial to be carried out to ascertain whether offenders will attend voluntarily • If feasible RCT to compare those attending a workshop against those who do not and subsequent reoffending rates

  11. Benefits of ‘Nudge’ • Allows greater numbers of individuals to attend workshops • Evidence* from victims has shown that workshops can change offender behaviour • Workshops will possibly reduce the number of individuals returning to custody for domestic offences after being NFA’d for previous offences

  12. CJS Response • Can and does the CJS respond to domestic abuse as policy intends? • Is reoffending higher or lower depending on outcome of arrest? • Are particular categories (e.g. age group / risk category more likely to reoffend? • Research longitudinal study underway.

  13. Next steps……………. • Project CARA – Evaluation 2014 • Nudge – Feasibility and RCT (NFA’s) • CJS Response Examined – Does the evidence prove that victims are failed? • Pipeline study - using Hampshire data • Domestic Abuse Summit – Evidenced research, victims and policy – Major rethink • Innovation and challenge -Targeting, Testing and Tracking

  14. Thank you

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