The 'teachable moments focussed deterrence' project was a new initiative in 2021/22, arising from a successful bid for extra funding to support violence reduction activities in West Yorkshire.
The project deploys a ‘focused deterrence’ car carrying experienced Youth Workers working in tandem with a West Yorkshire Police non-uniformed officer at the ‘teachable moment’ following an incident, with a view to engaging with young people affected by and witnessing the incident.
The social and economic consultancy, Wavehill, was commissioned by the Violence Reduction Partnership to carry out an evaluation of this project.
The final evaluation report identified a number of key learnings arising from the delivery of the project throughout 2021/22, as well as setting forth a range of recommendations.
