New Study Evaluates Program Financed by the Nation's First Social-Impact Bond

Urban Farm DB summary

Published 21 September 2016. The Vera Institute of Justice reports its independent evaluation of ABLE, a programme for 16- to 18-year-olds at New York City's Rikers Island funded through the first US social impact bond. Using a quasi-experimental design comparing a 2013 cohort with people entering jail from 2006 to 2010 and with ineligible 19-year-olds, it tracked recidivism bed days over one year. The change in recidivism for eligible 16- to 18-year-olds was not statistically significant; the programme missed its pre-defined 10 per cent threshold and was discontinued on 31 August 2015.

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• no significant change→ No changeNot significant

  recidivism change(rikers island able programme)

  SocialControl: people entering jail 2006-2010 and ineligible 19-year-olds

  region

  United States

  year

  2013-2016

  method

  quasi-experimental comparison of recidivism bed days over one year for eligible 16- to 18-year-olds

• 10 %

  payment threshold recidivism reduction(rikers island able programme)

  Policy

  region

  United States

  year

  2016

  method

  pre-defined success threshold for reduction in recidivism bed days; the programme was discontinued on 31 August 2015

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