The Influence of Mentoring on Reoffending

Evidence assessment on the effects of mentoring based on 18 evaluations.

The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) has therefore initiated the publication of a series of systematic reviews, in the context of which internationally renowned researchers are commissioned to perform the studies on their behalf.

In this study, Darrick Jolliffe and David P. Farrington have carried out a rapid evidence assessment of the effects of mentoring as a method of preventing criminality and other destructive behaviours, based on 18 evaluations.