Evaluating the long-term impact of Release on Temporary License (ROTL)

评估临时许可证发布 (ROTL) 的长期影响

• 批准号: ES/X011879/1
• 负责人: Georgina Mathlin
• 金额: $ 18.12万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX011879%2F1
• 关键词: Evaluating; long; term; impact; Release

Release on temporary licence (ROTL) provides eligible people currently in prison the opportunity to prepare for resettlement in the community through day or overnight release. The intended impact of ROTL is to reduce reoffending in the long-term. The most recent research on the impact of ROTL used data from 2012/2013 and looked at reoffending outcomes for one-year post release. ROTL policy has changed since 2012/2013 and there is currently no research published on the long-term impact of ROTL. Administrative data is available through the Data First programme which provides an opportunity to explore the current gap in understanding the impact of ROTL and how changes in ROTL policy may have influenced reoffending in the long-term. An evaluation of ROTL will be designed in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, the Office for National Statistics and Administrative Data Research UK with consultation from a user representation panel comprised of representatives from criminal justice organisations. The evaluation will provide information on the characteristics of people using ROTL and whether changes in policy influences who is granted ROTL. Analysis of administrative data from 2014 - 2021 will be used to understand how often and for what purposes ROTL has been used, whether ROTL impacts the risk of recall and reoffending and causal relationships between ROTL and post-release outcomes. The feasibility and need for data on a wider range of offender characteristics (such as mental health status) and post-release outcomes (such as employment, housing, and mental health service use) will be explored throughout the evaluation. Understanding the long-term impact of ROTL will contribute to the understanding of effective transition and resettlement from custody into the community. The findings will be discussed with prison and probation staff who use ROTL policy to consider the practical implications of the evaluation findings and will be fed back to the Ministry of Justice, who can use the findings to inform future ROTL policy. Ensuring a wide range of data is used, such as information regarding mental health and employment, will allow a more holistic understanding of the potential impacts ROTL may have. The evaluation will help understand the utility, benefits, and limitations of using administrative data for evaluating policy in the Ministry of Justice and more widely.

临时释放许可证 (ROTL) 为目前在监狱中的符合条件的人提供了通过日间或过夜释放为社区重新安置做准备的机会。 ROTL 的预期影响是长期减少再犯罪。关于 ROTL 影响的最新研究使用了 2012/2013 年的数据，并考察了释放后一年的再犯罪结果。 ROTL 政策自 2012/2013 年以来发生了变化，目前尚未发表有关 ROTL 长期影响的研究。行政数据可通过“数据优先”计划获得，该计划提供了一个机会来探讨当前在了解 ROTL 影响方面的差距，以及 ROTL 政策的变化如何影响长期的重新犯罪。 ROTL 的评估将与司法部、英国监狱和缓刑服务局、英国国家统计和行政数据研究办公室合作设计，并与由刑事司法组织代表组成的用户代表小组进行协商。评估将提供有关使用 ROTL 的人的特征以及政策变化是否影响谁获得 ROTL 的信息。对 2014 年至 2021 年行政数据的分析将用于了解 ROTL 的使用频率和目的、ROTL 是否影响召回和再犯罪的风险以及 ROTL 与释放后结果之间的因果关系。在整个评估过程中，将探讨更广泛的罪犯特征（例如心理健康状况）和释放后结果（例如就业、住房和心理健康服务使用）数据的可行性和需求。了解 ROTL 的长期影响将有助于理解从拘留到社区的有效过渡和重新安置。调查结果将与监狱和缓刑人员讨论，他们使用 ROTL 政策来考虑评估结果的实际影响，并将反馈给司法部，司法部可以利用这些调查结果为未来的 ROTL 政策提供信息。确保使用广泛的数据，例如有关心理健康和就业的信息，将使人们更全面地了解 ROTL 可能产生的潜在影响。该评估将有助于了解在司法部及更广泛的范围内使用行政数据评估政策的效用、好处和局限性。