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Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention
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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.
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2023
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Domestic violence, Police, Cost-benefit analysis
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Karavias, Y., Bandyopadhyay, S., Christie, C., Bradbury-Jones, C., Taylor, J., Kane, E. & Flowe, H. D. (2023). Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 14.
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