However, a report by the board to evaluate the projects said the overall findings "do not provide convincing evidence that mentor programmes produce a reduction in offending during the first year after the start of a programme".
Some reduction in offending was seen (24 per cent of mentees reported having engaged in criminal damage in the past three months at the start of their project, and 16 per cent at the end), but it was also seen in non-mentored young people (17 to 13 per cent). However, the percentage of mentees engaging in community work rose from five to 15 per cent during the programme, whereas the percentage of non-mentored young people fell from 13 to 11.
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