AssetPlus Outcome Evaluation
Get the Data for the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (May 2022)
Desistance theory emphasises an approach that encourages a child to stop offending, rather than focusing on the factors that led a child to start offending in the first place. This desistance-centred approach marks a shift from the “risk” paradigm, which focuses primarily on understanding what causes a child to offend.
The evaluation aimed to measure whether AssetPlus delivered the improved outcomes the YJB expected, namely:
Improvements in youth offending team (YOT) operational efficiency
Promotion of changes in children’s strengths and protective factors
A consequent improvement in child behaviour.
About AssetPlus
AssetPlus replaced Asset, which assigned scores to children on a range of risk and protective factors associated with youth offending. It helped practitioners in planning how to address those factors, but also encouraged users to place too much emphasis on a single factor’s score, and the scoring system was sometimes confusing.
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