Gill Green David Pevalin Marc Connor University of Essex Ben Hughes Public Health and Wellbeing Essex County Council Arun Sondhi Independent Researcher Sarah Senker ATD Research and Consultancy ID: 617337
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A collaboration between University of Essex and Public Health EssexGill Green, David Pevalin, Marc Connor University of EssexBen Hughes, Public Health and Wellbeing Essex County Council.Arun Sondhi, Independent ResearcherSarah Senker, ATD Research and Consultancy
Methodological Issues Related to Conducting Evaluations of Interventions Aimed to Enhance Healthcare of Offenders in EssexSlide2
Today’s Presentation Slide3
Working in PartnershipAn evaluation of ‘Inside Out’, a service designed to offer continuity of care to substance-misusing individuals as they transition from prison to the community.An evaluation of the ‘Essex Drug-Test on Arrest’ service whereby all people arrested for acquisitive crime are drug tested to expedite treatment. Slide4
Challenges to ConsiderPartnership working: pros and consAccessing target population: practical logistics and incentivesResearch constraints within the criminal justice systemThe hegemonic environmentSlide5
Partnership working: Independence of the evaluationIn principle an evaluation should be carried out independentlyIn practice close liaison between researchers and the commissioners and providers of the service is vitalHow independent can such evaluations be?Slide6
Partnership working – data sharing structuresSlide7
Accessing Clients in the Community for InterviewRecruitment included participants from across the recovery spectrumThose in the midst of using were often leading very chaotic livesThose who had been in recovery for many years were no longer in regular contact with drug services‘Inside Out’ was a fairly new pilot, finding those who had been in long-term recovery and used the service was not possible. The researchers own notion of ‘recovery’ and equating this with abstinence had to be relaxed.
The role of staff in recruitment Slide8
What’s an appropriate gratuity?Slide9
Access and Constraints Within the Prison Regime Locating prisoners that had completed consent forms for participation in interviews was often difficult At times the prison was on ‘lock down’. This meant that movement was suspended across the prisonCommunication and compliance with staff and the regime was essentialSlide10
Constraints: Safety of interviewerThe location of interviews; visibility vs privacy It was necessary for a key holder to be present at interviews conducted in prisonThis meant that there was a second person present in the majority of prison interviews.
The interview spaceIssues of confinementIssues of privacyIssues of safety Slide11
The Impact of a Hypermasculine EnvironmentRisk assessment of participantsThe implications of having a female interviewer
Emotive interview contentImpression Management; front stage and back stage identitiesMotivation for interview Identifying ‘truth’: Hawthorne Effect, Interview Fatigue and nervousness around social care issues.Slide12
Concluding thoughtsWorking in partnership can be challenging and may compromise independenceResearch with individuals in a criminal justice setting is constrained AccessSafetyInterviewer GenderIncentives