A multi-centre randomised controlled trial evaluation of the effectiveness of focused deterrence interventions to reduce violent offending.
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Ongoing
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| Lead institution | |
| Principal researcher(s) |
Iain Brennan
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| Police region |
North East
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| Collaboration and partnership |
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| Level of research |
Professional/work based
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Hypothesis
Allocation to the intervention condition will be associated with a:
- reduction in the number of violent offences compared to the control condition
- longer time to a violent offence compared to the control condition
- reduction in the number of co-offending violent offences compared to the control condition.
Geographical area
Manchester, Leicester, Nottingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton
Target sample size
2,500
Participants - inclusion criteria
Eligibility criteria vary across sites, but typically involve individuals at risk of involvement in violence aged 14 to 40 years.
Interventions
Focused deterrence.
Study design
Multi-centre, two-arm, stratified randomised controlled trials with random allocation of individuals.
Outcome measures
- Number of violence against the person offences (police records)
- Time to offence (police records)
- Co-offending (police records)