TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Karavias, Yiannis
A1  - Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha
A1  - Christie, Christine
A1  - Bradbury-Jones, Caroline
A1  - Taylor, Julie
A1  - Kane, Eddie
A1  - Flowe, Heather D.
SP  - e1063701
EP  - e1063701
VL  - 14
IS  - 
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063701
ID  - ref1
ER  -