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Peter Walker, Prison Fellowship International

Presenting the Evaluation of the Sycamore Tree Programme. Peter Walker, Prison Fellowship International. An accredited victim awareness/restorative justice programme based on Christian values.

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Peter Walker, Prison Fellowship International

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  1. Presenting the Evaluation of the Sycamore Tree Programme Peter Walker, Prison Fellowship International

  2. An accredited victim awareness/restorative justice programme based on Christian values Aims to challenge attitudes to offending behaviour, raise awareness of the impact of crime on victims and communities, and teach the principles and application of restorative justice What is Sycamore Tree?... To provide offenders with an opportunity to make an informed choice to change their lives

  3. Sycamore Tree is not faith promoting Staff and volunteers are motivated by their Christian faith to get involved …..And what it isn’t!

  4. Programme Sessions 1. Restorative Justice - What’s That? 2. Taking Responsibility (Ripples) 3. Saying Sorry, Acting Sorry (Victim/s) 4. Reconciliation 5. Taking the Next Step 6. Symbolic Act of Restitution

  5. Programme Growth

  6. Sycamore Tree Programme 1998 - 2008 688 Sycamore Tree programmes run

  7. Prisons and Prisoners Sycamore Tree running in 68 of 140 prisons (Penetration rate of 48%) Prisoners starting the programme 10,121 Prisoners completing the programme 9,784 (Completion rate of 97%)

  8. Diversity and Prisoner Access to Sycamore Tree (average 16 prisoners) Literacy levels: L2 = 3 L1 = 7 E3 = 4 E2 = 1 Undisclosed = 1 Ethnicity White = 6 Black = 4 Asian = 4 Undisclosed = 2

  9. Delivery through trained volunteers Trained volunteer tutors 48 Trained volunteers who facilitate small group work 207

  10. Success - What evidence is there? Sycamore Tree prisoners’ workbooks Prison Fellowship feedback forms from prisoners, facilitators and victims Prisoners anecdotal evidence (pre and post) Crime Pics II - a psychometric tool (questionnaire) for measuring attitude change

  11. Measuring Attitudinal Change using Crime Pics (Psychometric tool)

  12. Analysis of Crime Pics II data from 2,188 prisoners from pre and post programme scores from Sycamore Tree programmes between April 2002 and December 2004 Independent Evaluation by Sheffield Hallam University Research Centre for Community Justice

  13. Sheffield Hallam Report 2,188 prisoners nationwide “There was a statistically significant improvement on all five CRIME-PICS II scales. This indicates that the Sycamore Tree programme had the desired impact on the participants and changed the attitudes that are known to be conducive to offending behaviour.” Sheffield Hallam University, Research Centre for Community Justice; March 2005

  14. Sheffield Hallam Report 2,188 prisoners nationwide General Attitude to Offending 50% Anticipation of Re-Offending 24% Victim Hurt Denial 37% Evaluation of Crime as Worthwhile 40% Perception of Current Life Problems 21%

  15. Prison reports and feedback

  16. Thank you Contacts: Lynette Parker – Prison Fellowship International lparker@pfi.org Anne Mason – Prison Fellowship England & Wales annemason@prisonfellowship.org.uk Discussion and Questions

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