Caroline O’Keeffe

Employing Predictive Trend Analysis to Decrease Construction Schedule Delay

Vivian Austin, Zachary McLane, Caroline O’Keeffe, Diyar Rashid et autres

Construction projects of all kinds are plagued by inefficiencies, creating excess risk, and leading to delays and cost overruns. Existing research has focused on analyzing delays in completed construction projects for forensic claims disputes. However, this data could also be used to …

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The Challenges of Outcome Measurement for Arts Practitioners in the Criminal Justice Sector

Caroline O’Keeffe, Katherine Albertson

Abstract Arts activities have long been used to help rehabilitate offenders and there is anecdotal evidence to support their transformative power, yet providers have struggled to provide ‘hard evidence’ of their effectiveness. The UK government has introduced Payment by Results (PbR) as …

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National stakeholder interview schedule

Sam Mason, Caroline O’Keeffe, A Carter, Robert O’Hara et autres

Barriers to employment, training and education in prison and beyond: a peer-led solution

Caroline O’Keeffe, Paul Senior, Valerie Monti-Holland

Women ex-offenders face numerous seemingly insurmountable barriers when attempting to access employment, training and education (ETE) following a prison sentence (see for example Dowling 2001; Hamlyn and Lewis 2000; O’Keeffe 2003). Moreover, for this cohort of women the process of attempting to …

Process evaluation of Derbyshire Intensive Alternatives to Custody Pilot

KEVIN K. F. WONG, Caroline O’Keeffe, Daniel Ellingworth, Katherine S. Wilkinson et autres

The aim of this study was to critically assess the implementation and development of the Intensive Alternatives to Custody (IAC) pilot in Derbyshire. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Penal Policy paper (May 2007) outlined the government’s intention to develop higher intensity community …

"The good days are amazing", an evaluation of the Writer's in Prison Network

Caroline O’Keeffe, Katherine Albertson

The Writers in Prison Network (WIPN) was established and appointed by the Arts Council in April 1998 to administer the Writers in Residence in Prison Scheme. The Scheme places writers and creative artists into prisons across the UK to deliver creative writing, …

Tackling health inequalities through developing evidence-based policy and practice with childbearing women in prison: a consultation

Katherine Albertson, Caroline O’Keeffe, Georgina Lessing-Turner, Catherine Burke et autres

A collaborative partnership between the Hallam Centre for Community Justice and the Mother and Infant Research Unit (MIRU) at the University of York was successful in securing funding to conduct this consultation project. \nThis collaboration brought together the knowledge and expertise of …

Intensive alternatives to custody process evaluation of pilots in five areas

KEVIN K. F. WONG, Caroline O’Keeffe, Daniel Ellingworth, Paul Senior

A qualitative process evaluation of five Intensive Alternative to Custody (IAC) pioneer areas was undertaken to assess implementation of IAC, identify approaches to implementation and capture the lessons learnt. The findings indicated that many of the persistent offenders (those with at least …

Process Evaluation of Five Integrated Offender Management Pioneer Areas

Paul Senior, KEVIN K. F. WONG, Alex Culshaw, Daniel Ellingworth et autres

A qualitative process evaluation of five Integrated Offender Management (IOM) pioneer areas was undertaken to assess implementation of IOM, identify approaches to implementation and capture the lessons learnt. The findings indicated that IOM enabled structural changes, transforming the delivery of offender management. …

Increasing the voluntary and community sector's involvement in Integrated Offender Management

KEVIN K. F. WONG, Caroline O’Keeffe, Linda Meadows, Joanna Davidson et autres

Home Office Research Report 59 summarises findings from an evaluation of an initiative to support Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) involvement in Integrated Offender Management. As part of the initiative, a national voluntary sector umbrella body was appointed to develop a grants …

Offenders and E-Learning - a literature review on behalf of Becta

Caroline O’Keeffe, Joanna Davidson, Linda Meadows, Paul Senior et autres

This literature review has been prepared by the Hallam Centre of Community Justice at Sheffield Hallam University, on behalf of Becta. The literature review provides a summary of existing research and knowledge relating to e-learning in the offending learning sector with a …

"I Ain't No Tea Lady": Identifying and addressing barriers to non-traditional employment, training and education from a female perspective, SOVA

Caroline O’Keeffe, Katherine A. Wilkinson, Ann Robinson, Paul Senior

The aim of this research was to examine perceptions and experiences of accessing non-traditional Education Training and Employment (ETE) from the vantage point of disadvantaged women using innovative sampling and research techniques. The research design and strategy sought to access the participant’s …