Evaluation Report 2: Hard to Reach Youth (CART) - Te Puni Kokiri

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QUANTIFIABLE OUTCOMESTable 1 outlines outcome-related data for the three crews that participated in the workshop.Four notable changes to pro-social behaviour coincided with the implementation of the variousinitiatives. The most significant changes occurred for two crews (Crews 1 and 2): a drastic reduction of arrests (all members over the preceding 12 month period to nil and 5percent respectively during the duration of the programme); not engaging in any violent crime (from all members engaged in street-based violent crimeto no street-based assaults against other crews); not engaging in any binge drinking (from all members engaging in binge drinking to nilbinge drinking); and a major reduction in theft (from all members engaging in theft to 25 percent and nilrespectively).Less drastic changes were reported for Crew 3. The behaviour changes were perceived ashighly significant by crew leaders as the crew was reported as being more entrenched inantisocial activities and more time was required for the full impact of the various initiatives totake effect.A number of enduring impacts of the programme were identified once the programme hadended. Namely the following pro-social behaviours have been maintained (or at least notreverted to pre-programme levels): rates of binge drinking remained at nil engagement for two crews; and arrest rates increased to 50 percent for two crews, whereas Crew 3 (known as the moreentrenched in antisocial behaviour), maintained its programme level rate of 50 percent.However, of concern, the majority of those arrested aged 18 or over are now incarcerated.For instance the following have been incarcerated for each of the following: Crew 1 – six incarcerated; Crew 2 – five incarcerated; and Crew 3 – seven incarcerated.Everything stopped. When they [the Community Worker] stopped getting resources we had togoing back to what we knew to survive.Crew member, female, 19 years11 CART: Hard-to-Reach Youth Project – Evaluation Report, Te Puni Kōkiri July 2009
Before{12 months prior to Sept 2007)During(Sept 2007 to May 2008)After(since June 2008)Before(12 months prior to Sept 2007)During(Sept 2007 to May 2008)After(since June 2008)Before(12 months prior to Sept 2007)During(Sept 2007 to May 2008)After(since June 2008)Table 1: Shifts in Antisocial Behaviour Attributed to the Hard-to-Reach Youth ProgrammeBehaviourCrew 1 (n = 27) Crew 2 (n = 20) Crew 3 (n = 45)In training oremployment0% 20% 0% 0% 5% 0% 33% 50% 40%Arrested inlast 12 months100%0% 50%100%5% 50%100%50% 50%Engaging in violentcrime (street-basedassaults against othercrews)100%0%100%100%0%100%100%20%100%Engaging in regularbinge drinking (atleast once a week)100%0% 0%100%0% 0%100%80%100%Engaging in theft atleast once a month100%25% 50%100%0%100%100%100%100%Source: This data was gathered in a workshop to triangulate qualitative findings acrossparticipants12
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