MOPAC academic research

Cost of Living and Crime

The cost of living crisis is a critical issue for Londoners. The current period of economic hardship is genuinely unprecedented with the nearest mirrors being previous economic recessions. At present there are no models as to the potential impact of the crisis and how this may impact upon Londoners. This limit both our understanding of the crisis as well as an effective evidence informed response.

As a result, MOPAC commissioned the London School of Economics (LSE) to undertake sophisticated data modelling to understand the impact of the cost of living crisis on crime. The research explores the impact across crime types, identify the most affected areas, and explore the consequences in the short and long term.

GPS Knife Crime Tagging Pilot - Final Evaluation Report

The Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) has been at the forefront in the use of electronic monitoring - first piloting Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) tags in 2014; then GPS tags in 8 London boroughs with persistent and knife crime offenders on community sentences between 2017-2019; before moving on to the current pilot from February 2019, initially in 4 boroughs, then pan-London later the same year with individuals who had committed knife-related offences released from prison on licence.

This final report details the performance, process and impact evaluation of the extended GPS knife crime tagging pilot, covering over a three and a half-year implementation period (Feb 2019 – November 2022).

MOPAC Violent Offending Literature Review

National figures show that around 80% of detected crime is committed by repeat offenders and we know from London Integrated Offender Management (IOM) that a large volume of London crime, including violence, is committed by a relatively small group of repeat offenders. Therefore, by targeting those already in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and ensuring that the best possible, evidence-based interventions and methods are used to reduce violent reoffending, partners in London are better placed to reduce the risk of future violence posed by this high-risk group. This literature review collates and evaluates the best available international evidence in this area.

In May 2022, MOPAC commissioned The Right to Know (The RTK), an independent organisation that specialises in collecting and evaluating social policy and criminal justice evidence, to conduct this literature review into what works to reduce violent reoffending. The literature review was completed in September 2022.

The final report provides a strong evidence base and rationale for existing work (such as IOM) and suggests important themes for continued focus. Some of the findings within the research are areas of best practice which MOPAC was already aware of and are working towards, but this report now provides us with a strong evidence base for implementing these approaches with partners across London and additional things to consider. The findings of this review have been shared with partners across London.

London's Use of GPS Tags for Domestic Abuse - Final Process and Performance Summary

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has been at the forefront in the use of electronic monitoring, piloting the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) tags in 2014. Since February 2019, MOPAC has been piloting the use of the GPS tags for individuals released from prison on licence who have committed knife-related offences, which was extended in March 2021 to include offences of domestic abuse (DA) across London.

This report summarises the process and performance of the tags used for domestic abuse offences.

We Are London - MOPAC Youth Survey 2021-22

‘We Are London’ represents the fourth wave in an ongoing series of surveys of young people conducted by MOPAC, with previous iterations taking place in 2018 (‘Youth Voice’), 2015 (‘Youth Matter’) and 2013 (‘Youth Talk’).

Fieldwork took place between 29th November 2021 and 21st January 2022. Note that this time-frame followed the return to face-to-face schooling for most pupils in March 2021 as part of the gradual easing of Government COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.

The survey was distributed to schools offering secondary provision (academic years 7 to 11) in London. This included state-funded schools, private schools and specialist educational establishments such as Pupil Referral Units. A total of 1,007 schools were invited to participate. A total of 11,874 responses were received from young people living or going to school in London.

Disproportionality in Misconduct Cases in the Metropolitan Police Service

Since 2016 MOPAC Evidence & Insight (E&I) has been undertaking research exploring the issue of racial disparity within the police misconduct system and has previously reported that police officers from Black and/or other Minority Ethnic communities were twice as likely as white officers to receive an allegation of misconduct within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). 

This is a critical area for the Mayor and MOPAC – the Mayor’s Action Plan to improve transparency, accountability, and trust in the Metropolitan Police Service was published in November 2020 which included a commitment by the MPS to continue to significantly reduce disproportionality within the misconduct processes by 2024. This issue has further been brought to the fore by the recent Casey report on the police misconduct system (2022) which also identified this concern. This has formed a growing body of evidence on the over-representation of staff from Black and/or other Minority Ethnic communities in MPS disciplinary proceedings, yet less is known on the specific factors driving the disproportionality.  

This report combines research from two phases – Phase 1 was completed in August 2021 and included a review of the key literature, updated the previous analytics conducted, as well as a statistical attempt to explore the drivers of this disproportionality. Phase 2 conducted a vignette experiment to explore the disproportionality in misconduct decision-making processes by MPS supervisors. This was completed in September 2022. The report was presented to the London Policing Board in September 2023 as part of their oversight of culture and standards in the MPS.

Youth to Adult Hub Evaluation

The Youth to Adult (Y2A) hub in Newham seeks to break the reoffending cycle of young adults through tailored, wrap around support services. The hub co locates varied commissioned services and statutory support agencies alongside Probation services for 18 25 year olds on probation in Newham.

MOPAC’s Evidence & Insight Unit are conducting a performance and impact evaluation of the Y2A hub coinciding with a process evaluation conducted by a team of externally commissioned academics from Middlesex and Sheffield Hallam University.

This report analyses performance data from probation and the eight hub commissioned services for the initial funding period of 16 months, from October 2021 to end of February 2023.

An Evaluation of Hospital-Based Youth Workers

For more than five years, the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) has contributed funding towards embedding youth services that support young victims of violence and domestic abuse within a health setting. Initially this was within London’s four Major Trauma Centres (MTCs), but it was rolled out and piloted in Accident & Emergency (A&E) departments to introduce hospital-based youth workers within this environment.

A total of £2.5 million from MOPAC, the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund, and the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) was used to develop youth services within A&Es, situated in geographical areas experiencing high levels of knife crime. Services were delivered by three providers - across seven A&E sites: St Giles delivered within Whittington and Newham; Oasis delivered within North Middlesex and St Thomas’ and Redthread delivered within the Queen Elizabeth, Lewisham and Croydon.

This is a final report from the performance and process evaluation, summarising findings from the two-year implementation period (April 2020 – end of March 2022).

Review of the Metropolitan Police Service Gangs Violence Matrix - Second Annual Review

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Gangs Violence Matrix (GVM) was developed in the aftermath of the 2011 London riots and is a tool used to identify and risk-assess the most harmful gang members in a Borough. From inception, the GVM has been controversial and a number of in-depth reviews have been conducted focusing on issues such as disproportionality and data protection. These include the ICO Penalty Enforcement Action (October 2017 to November 2018), Amnesty review (mid 2017 to May 2018) and the Mayoral review which took place Autumn 2017 to December 2018). 

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, made a commitment to Londoners in his 2016 manifesto and his Police and Crime Plan 2017-21 to conduct a review of the GVM. This review was published in December 2018 and was the largest and most comprehensive exploration ever conducted into the Matrix – exploring themes of impact, partnership views and disproportionality. The Review set out nine recommendations to be completed by the 31st December 2019. Established within these recommendations was the need to systematically capture key elements of the Matrix process and report annually on outputs in terms of the Matrix population. Further to the recommendation above, MOPAC’s Evidence & Insight team produced the first ‘one-year update’ document examining data up to October 2019. Delayed due to COVID-19, this report was published in Feb 2021.

This report presents findings from the second annual review. The analysis in this paper uses Matrix data and crime data up to December 2021. The report first examines recent trends in violence, followed by detailed analysis of the Matrix population and a comparison with the wider London gang and violent offending profiles. 

This report also includes a more detailed analysis of the levels of disproportionally observed on the Matrix and an exploration of the key predictors for inclusion on the GVM. The analysis does not intend to replicate the original comprehensive analysis exploring impact and process presented in the landmark Mayoral Review of the Matrix. The focus of this paper is to explore the population on the Matrix, with an emphasis on how the Matrix population has changed - if at all - in terms of size, demographics (disproportionalities) and harm in the period since the Mayoral Review was conducted.

London Gang Exit - Final Impact Evaluation

London Gang Exit (LGE) is a holistic support service to help individuals involved in gangs or at risk of gang violence or exploitation. Originally jointly commissioned by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the London Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC)1, the intervention went live in February 2016. MOPAC took over sole funding of the project from October 2017 and LGE is currently funded to March 2022. The programme is being delivered by Safer London with key delivery partners Catch-22 and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The pan London service is designed to complement and enhance existing local services, matching need to bespoke support across mental health, employment, family support, housing advocacy and specialist support for girls and women. The Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit was commissioned to evaluate the service. Over the course of the programme, E&I have produced two interim evaluation reports focusing on the process of implementation as well as three indicative analyses of offending and victimization to inform Payment By Results (PBR) awards over the life of the programme. This report is the final Impact Evaluation.

A Research Deep Dive into Domestic Abuse in London

Domestic Abuse is a key issue for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. This deep dive used an innovative and in-depth approach to examining this offending within London. A total of 277 cases were randomly selected from 2019 and systematically coded against 147 variables resulting in a novel dataset to support new analysis.

Serious Youth Violence Problem Profile

Whilst the understanding of the complex causes of violence has improved in line with a public health focused approach, MOPAC commissioned a new Problem Profile into youth and group violence to ensure that the current partnership response evolves to meet the needs of young people. The Profile, alongside other evaluations, is intended to inform and drive our future investment and commissioning of interventions and activity to tackle exploitation and violence during this Police and Crime Plan period.

Restart - keeping families safe at home through early engagement and intervention with those causing harm through domestic abuse - Evaluation

RedQuadrant was commissioned by the Drive Partnership in January 2022 to carry out an evaluation of the Restart pilot. Restart is a partnership-led multi-agency approach to keeping families safe at home through early engagement and intervention with those causing harm through domestic abuse. The project operates in five London boroughs (Camden, Croydon, Havering, Sutton and Westminster) through a partnership between The Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime (MOPAC), Drive, Respect and the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA), with Cranstoun as the delivery partner. Funded by MOPAC and the Home Office, it was initially funded for a period of 12 months; this has been extended until March 2023.

London Victim and Witness Service - an update on key learning

The London Victim and Witness Service (LVWS) commissioned by the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC), went live in April 2019. The service provides support for London residents affected by or witness to crime.

The Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit were commissioned to undertake an evaluation of the service. The two-year evaluation examines two distinct areas: monitoring of the performance of the service through the routine capture of core project metrics; and, generating in-depth understanding of the processes - from design through implementation – of those working to deliver the service. Year one of the evaluation was designed to explore implementation of the service and early service delivery. Limitations, as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and delays encountered in information sharing, somewhat limit insight generation and should be noted when reviewing the report.

The Lighthouse - Final Evaluation Report

The Lighthouse, London’s Child House, opened at the end of October 2018 initially as part of a two-year pilot, although now funded until March 2022. Bringing together a range of organisations under one roof, the Lighthouse is a child friendly, multidisciplinary service for victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSA/E). Based in Camden, it serves the five surrounding North Central London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.

The Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit was commissioned to evaluate the Lighthouse. The E&I evaluation focuses on four distinct areas for analysis; a performance review; a process evaluation; impact evaluation and an economic evaluation. This report brings the evaluation to a close.

The London Rape Review 2021

In December 2021, new research was published providing an in-depth review exploring issues facing those who report rape and insight into requests for phones and digital material.

The review was conducted by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and looked at 450 allegations of rape made across London, alongside consultation from Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) – who offer support and advocacy to rape victims – and a survey of rape victims in London.

Alongside the review, Claire has published her reflections and recommendations arising from the new findings. Claire has called for increased support for all rape victims right from the very start of reporting and the onset of an investigation; major improvements to the police process of requesting, searching and returning a victim’s mobile phone; and for Police and CPS to urgently embed an ‘offender-centric’ approach and tackle the rape myths and victims blaming that, sadly, remain endemic.

The London Rape Review 2021 - MOPAC research

The London Rape Review 2021 - Reflections and Recommendations from the Victims' Commissioner

GPS Tagging - Community Sentence Pilot - Final Evaluation

In 2016, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) agreed to work with the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) to test the use of mandatory GPS tagging for prolific offenders through the Persistent Offender Programme (POP).

The main aims of the MOPAC pilot were to test whether GPS tagging:

• increased compliance with the requirements of a Community Order (CO) or Suspended Sentence Order (SSO);
• offered sentencers an alternative to custody; and
• supported crime detection and/or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders by providing information on an offender’s location at a specific date and time.

Read the final evaluation report.

The Lighthouse - two year interim evaluation report

The Lighthouse, London’s Child House, opened at the end of October 2018 initially as part of a two-year pilot, although now funded until September 2021. Bringing together a range of organisations under one roof, the Lighthouse intends to be a child friendly, multidisciplinary service for victims1 of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSA/E). Based in Camden, it serves the five surrounding North Central London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.



The Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit are MOPAC’s in-house social research and analytical team and were commissioned to evaluate the Lighthouse. The E&I evaluation focuses on four distinct areas for analysis; a performance review; a process evaluation; impact evaluation and an economic evaluation.

This report concentrates on the first two areas, looking at the first 21 months of operation of the Lighthouse.

London Survivors Gateway Pilot - a 2 year evaluation

The London Survivors Gateway addresses sexual violence by simplifying access routes into services, ensuring consistency of support and improving outcomes for victim-survivors. The project brings together the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC), NHS England (NHSE) and commissioned services: Women and Girls Network (WGN) - West London Rape Crisis and lead operational partner; NIA (East London Rape Crisis), Solace Women’s Aid (North London Rape Crisis), RASASC (South London Rape Crisis), GALOP (LGBT and anti-violence charity) and Survivors UK (male rape and sexual violence charity). The project is further supported by the Havens and Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

In addition to an online and telephone central point of access for sexual violence services across London (the London Survivors Gateway), the project also funded six complex needs Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) to work with survivors who require specialised support, and undertook a London-wide mapping of sexual violence services. The initial pilot, funded through the Home Office Transformation Fund together with contributions from MOPAC and NHSE, ran from June 2018 until March 2020 .

MOPAC's Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit was commissioned to undertake an evaluation of the pilot of the London Survivors Gateway. The 18-month evaluation examined two distinct areas: monitoring the performance of the service through the routine capture of core project metrics; and generating in-depth understanding of the processes - from design through implementation of the service. This final evaluation report presents the second year of performance data and process learning; firstly, exploring findings from the Gateway, followed by findings from the ISVA service.

Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) - Final Impact Evaluation

In 2011, the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) secured legislation to allow for the introduction of a new sentencing power – the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) – to tackle the problem of alcohol related offending in London. The innovation has been constantly underpinned by evaluation, resulting in multiple publications encompassing performance, process and indicative impact of the original pilot scheme. This report concludes the evaluation and presents final performance and impact findings.

The Lighthouse - second evaluation report

The Lighthouse, London’s Child House, opened at the end of October 2018 as part of a two year pilot. Bringing together a range of organisations under one roof, the Lighthouse intends to be a child friendly, multidisciplinary service for victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSA/E). Based in Camden, it serves the five surrounding North Central London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. The Lighthouse intends to offer more enhanced features than previous services, with the foremost aim to be focused on the child.

The Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit was commissioned to evaluate the Lighthouse. The E&I evaluation focuses on four distinct areas for analysis; a performance review; a process evaluation; impact evaluation and an economic

evaluation. This report concentrates on the first two areas, looking at the first 9 months of operation of the Lighthouse.

GPS Knife Crime Tagging - Interim Evaluation Report

In 2017, the London Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) published the London Knife Crime Strategy. Set against the backdrop of increases observed within Knife crime (both Nationally and London), the strategy took a public health approach to tackling knife crime and included a commitment to pilot the use of GPS tagging with knife crime offenders. The overall aim of the pilot is to test GPS as a tool for reducing the likelihood of offenders committing further offences, especially weapon-related offences.

The pilot began in February 2019 in four London boroughs and, following a Mayoral decision, has subsequently been rolled out to cover 24 London boroughs. The pilot is due to finish in April 2020 for new releases, with existing cases being monitored until October 2020.

This report shares findings and learning from the first year of the GPS tagging pilot.

The Drive Project - Year 2 Report

The Drive Project went live in Croydon in July 2018. The project addresses the behaviour of high harm domestic abuse perpetrators’ - often those who would likely not have been engaged with before or excluded from alternative perpetrator responses - to improve outcomes for adult and child victims, and perpetrators. Initially delivered as a pilot in Essex, South Wales, and West Sussex between 2016 and 2019, in 2018 the project combined funding from the Home Office Police Transformation Fund and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to roll out to Croydon (London), Cardiff (South Wales), Birmingham and Sandwell (West Midlands) and Worcestershire (West Mercia) for an additional two-year replication phase until March 2020. Drive is currently the only high-harm domestic abuse perpetrator scheme commissioned by MOPAC.



The Evidence and Insight (E&I) Unit - MOPAC’s in-house social research and analytical team - were commissioned to undertake an evaluation of Drive in Croydon. The two-year evaluation of the Croydon site examines two distinct areas: monitoring the performance of the service through the routine capture of core project metrics; and generating in - depth understanding of the processes - from design through implementation of the service - of those working to deliver the Drive project. This final evaluation report presents the second year of performance data and process learning and should be read in conjunction with the Drive Project Croydon interim report.

London Gang Exit (LGE) – Interim Evaluation Reports

London Gang Exit (LGE) is a holistic support service to help individuals involved in gangs or at risk of gang violence or exploitation. Currently funded by MOPAC until March 2020, the programme is being delivered by Safer London with key delivery partners Catch-22, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC). The pan London service is designed to complement and enhance existing local services, matching need to bespoke support across mental health, employment, family support, housing advocacy and specialist support for girls and women.

This summary provides an overview of the evaluation findings to date. Findings from the first interim evaluation (October 2016), the second interim evaluation, and the most recent Performance By Results (PBR) analysis presenting indicative findings on impact are available. A final evaluation report is due early next year.

The London Rape Review

In July 2019, the London Rape Review, conducted by MOPAC and the University of West London was published. The report looks at 501 allegations of rape reported in London in April 2016, providing the clearest picture to date of reported rape in the capital and the reasons why so few cases result in conviction.

Beneath the Numbers - an exploration of the increases of recorded domestic abuse and sexual offences

The Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan 2017-2021 brought with it a specific focus on the victims of recorded crime – and more so those who are most vulnerable. Both domestic abuse and sexual offences were the focus of considerable attention, with an additional focus on these crimes also being bolstered by the publication of the Mayor’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2018-2021.

The Plan contained a commitment that MOPAC will “commission specific work to look beneath reported crime statistics for rape and sexual and domestic violence and abuse so that we can say with much greater certainty what changes in figures mean"

That is - can we explore these increases in recorded crime and seek to understand what is driving them. This essentially boils down to three questions. Has there been an increase in these crimes occurring? Are these increases due to better police recording? Is there evidence that victims are more willing to come forward to the police?

In this report - Beneath the Numbers - we explore and seek to answer these questions.

Youth Voice Survey

Published in January 2019, this is the analysis of findings from a survey of 7832 young Londoners aged 11-16 about crime and safety issues that affect them. Fieldwork was conducted between 7th March - 8th May 2018, with the link to the survey disseminated by MPS Safer Schools Officers.

The Lighthouse: London's Child House - Initial Evaluation Report

The Lighthouse, London’s Child House, opened in October 2018 as part of a two-year pilot. Bringing together a range of organisations under one roof, the Lighthouse intends to be a child friendly, multidisciplinary service for victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation. MOPAC's Evidence and Insight Team has been commissioned to evaluate the project. This document is their initial report.

Review of the MPS Gangs Matrix

The Gangs Matrix was set up in the aftermath of the 2011 riots by the MPS to identify those at risk of committing, or being a victim of, gang-related violence in London. The Matrix has proved controversial due to issues in the way individuals are added and, when they are removed, the way data is stored securely and applied consistently. Concerns have also been raised that it leads to discrimination against certain communities, resulting in mistrust of the police and rising tensions.



The Review, which fulfils a commitment in the Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan, includes detailed analysis of more than 7,000 people who have been on the Gangs Matrix, together with surveys of frontline police officers, local authority staff and those in communities directly affected by violence.

Developing an evidence-based police degree-holder entry programme

The College of Policing launched a consultation in 2016 on plans to require all police recruits to hold a policing qualification at degree level. The plans were agreed in 2017 as part of the College’s PEQF with the expectation that the degree requirement would take effect from 2020.

The aim of the project reported here,funded by the Home Office Innovation Programme, was to contribute to an evidence-informed dialogue about the nature, quality and purpose of police education.MOPAC led this collaborative project,working with the Metropolitan Police Service and other forces nationally, the College of Policing, two universities and Police Now.

The Persistent Offender Programme (previously known as Gripping the Offender)

This pilot explored a new joined up approach to persistent repeat offenders in London between February 2016 and September 2018.

• Interim Report May 2018

GPS tagging pilot

This pilot is implementing and evaluating the use of GPS tags with offenders in London and is due to continue until March 2019.

• Interim Report July 2018

Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement - a review of process and performance from year 2

In 2011 the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) secured legislation to allow for the introduction of a new sentencing power - the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) - to tackle the significant problem of alcohol related offending in London. The AAMR gives the Judiciary the statutory power to impose compulsory sobriety, or to stop an offender drinking alcohol, where their offence is alcohol related. The AAMR involves fitting a tag to the offender’s ankle and monitoring their alcohol consumption for up to 120 days. When this is not complied with, the offender will be breached and punished further.

Following the positive learning from the initial AAMR proof of concept pilot (Pepper & Dawson, 2016), a two year pan London roll out of the AAMR was launched in April 2016, joint funded by MOPAC and the Ministry of Justice. The aim of this expansion was to test the impact of the AAMR, in line with the Conservative government’s 2015 manifesto commitment to make sobriety tags available across England and Wales. However, sobriety tags were not included in the 2017 Conservative Manifesto and there are no immediate plans from central government to fund a national rollout of the AAMR. As a result, the pan London AAMR programme’s main delivery period ended at the end of March 2018, with a further three month extension period until June 2018 to enable a managed closedown of the programme.

This report focuses only on those cases imposed during the main two year delivery period, until 31 March 2018.

Police Now Cohort 1: Final Evaluation Report

We have completed a large-scale two-year evaluation, explicitly focussing upon the first cohort of the Police Now Graduate Leadership Development Programme, with a priority to achieve a balanced, independent and factual report. The research used a longitudinal mixed-methods approach to explore both the processes and indicative impact of the Police Now programme.

• Police Now Evaluation Report

Harmful Practices Pilot - Final Evaluation Report

The pilot aims to improve the way agencies identify and respond to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), ‘Honour’ Based Violence (HBV), Forced Marriage (FM), and Faith Based Abuse (FBA), with a focus on early identification and prevention, safeguarding and support, and community engagement.

• Harmful Practices Pilot May 2017

Group Violence Intervention London - Evaluation

Between June 2015 and March 2016, Shield - an adaptation of the US Group Violence Intervention model - was piloted in three London Boroughs - Lambeth, Westminster and Haringey. This report presents learning from the evaluation covering performance, process (i.e. implementation challenges and benefits), and impact.

• Group Violence Intervention - Evaluation

Disproportionality in Misconduct Cases in the MPS

MOPAC's Evidence and Insight team were approached by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to undertake research into misconduct cases. The main objectives were to determine the extent to which ethnic disproportionality featured within MPS Officer misconduct data. The research incorporated a review of the key literature, analysis of misconduct allegations made against MPS officers between 2010 and 2015, and 11 in-depth interviews with key staff involved in the assessment and investigation of misconduct in the MPS.

In response to the findings of this report, the MPS has published a full action plan to address the key issues identified. The report and the action plan can be found via the links below.

• Disproportionality in Misconduct Cases in the MPS - Research Report
• MPS Action Plan

The Persistent Offender Programme (previously known as Gripping the Offender)

This pilot explored a new joined up approach to persistent repeat offenders in London between February 2016 and September 2018.

• Interim Report February 2017

GPS tagging pilot

This pilot is implementing and evaluating the use of GPS tags with offenders in London and is due to continue until March 2019.

• Interim Report September 2017

Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement - review of process and performance from year 1

In 2011 the Mayor’s office secured legislation to allow for the introduction of a new sentencing power, the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) to tackle the significant problem of alcohol related offending in London. The AAMR gives the Judiciary the statutory power to stop an offender drinking alcohol (Compulsory Sobriety), where their offence is alcohol related. The AAMR involves fitting a tag to the offender’s ankle and monitoring their alcohol consumption for up to 120 days. When this is not complied with, the offender will be breached and punished further.

Following the positive learning from the pilot rollout of the innovation, during 16-17 the AAMR has now been rolled out across London. This programme continues to monitor the technology and generate learning.

This report provides learning from the first year of the pan London AAMR focussing upon process and performance evaluation.

This report focuses on an indicative analysis of offending behaviours of the AAMR pilot cohort compared to a comparison group. These findings sit as part of the wider, holistic evaluation around the roll out of the AAMR across London.

Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement

MOPAC has led in the rollout of the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) in London.

The new sentencing power, introduced as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 allows courts to impose a requirement that an offender abstain from alcohol for a fixed time period of up to 120 days and be regularly tested, via a transdermal alcohol monitoring device in the form of a ‘tag’ fitted around the ankle, as part of a Community or Suspended Sentence Order.

From July 2014, the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) conducted a 12 month proof of concept pilot in four boroughs (Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Sutton) which comprise the South London Local Justice Area. This report presents the findings of the proof of concept pilot.

• Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement - A process review of the proof of concept pilot

Police Now

Police Now: a longitudinal evaluation of the job attitudes and experiences of ‘Police Now’ participants

• Police Now Evaluation Year 1 Report

Street Triage

Research into the London Mental Health Street Triage pilot.

• Street Triage Report

MOPAC/College of Policing Report - Body Worn Video

This report presents findings from the largest urban Randomised Control Trial (RCT) of Body Worn Video (BWV) in the world to date. This was a joint evaluation between MOPAC and the College of Policing in partnership with the MPS - exploring the impact of BWV on complaints against the police, frequency of stop and search and Criminal Justice (CJ) outcomes for violent incidents in 10 Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) boroughs between May 2014 and April 2015.

• Body Worn Video report November 2015
• Body Worn Video infographic

Youth Matters

This report presents findings from a london wide survey conducted in November and December 2014 capturing the views of 9492 youths aged between 11-18 exploring perceptions of a wide range of issues including safety, victimisation and confidence in the police.

• MOPAC/MPS Youth Matters Survey

Mental Health And Safeguarding (MAST) Training

A Randomised Control Trial of Mental Health Awareness and Safeguarding Training (MAST)

• MAST Evaluation