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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27290| Title: | Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention |
| Authors: | Karavias, Y Bandyopadhyay, S Christie, C Bradbury-Jones, C Taylor, J Kane, E Flowe, HD |
| Keywords: | intimate partner violence;evidence-based policing;Crime Harm Index;economic evaluation;batterer intervention program;domestic violence and abuse;machine learning |
| Issue Date: | 16-Feb-2023 |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
| Citation: | Karavias, Y. et al. (2023) 'Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention', Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1063701., pp. 1 - 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063701. |
| Abstract: | Copyright © 2023 Karavias, Bandyopadhyay, Christie, Bradbury-Jones, Taylor, Kane and Flowe. This study evaluated the impact and economic benefit of Cautioning and Relationship Abuse (CARA), an intervention which aims to reduce re-offending of first-time low-level domestic violence and abuse perpetrators. The analysis was based on two samples drawn from separate UK police force areas. CARA’s impact was assessed using a matched sample of similar offenders from a time when CARA was not available. The matching was based on a host of offender and victim characteristics and machine learning methods were employed. The results show that the CARA intervention has a significant impact on the amount of recidivism but no significant reduction in the severity of the crimes. The benefit-cost ratio in both police force areas is greater than one and estimated to be 2.75 and 11.1, respectively, across the two police force areas. Thus, for each pound (£) invested in CARA, there is an economic benefit of 2.75–11.1 pounds, annually. |
| Description: | Data availability statement: The data analyzed in this study is subject to the following licenses/restrictions: The datasets analyzed for this study are proprietary to The West Midlands Police, the Hampshire Constabulary and The Hampton Trust, and have been shared with the University of Birmingham through information sharing agreements. Requests to access these datasets should be directed to The West Midlands Police, the Hampshire Constabulary, and The Hampton Trust. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27290 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063701 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Yiannis Karavias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1208-5537 1063701 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Economics and Finance Research Papers |
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