Program Profile: Cautioning and Relationship Abuse (CARA) [Southampton, England]

This was a policing strategy designed to reduce the severity of intimate partner violence and the rearrests of males who had been previously arrested for, or had admitted to, a first domestic violence offense and received a conditional caution.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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This was a policing strategy designed to reduce the severity of intimate partner violence and the rearrests of males who had been previously arrested for, or had admitted to, a first domestic violence offense and received a conditional caution. The program is rated Promising. Results indicated a statistically significant reduction in frequency and prevalence of rearrests of persons assigned to the treatment group compared with those assigned to the control group.

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 18+

Gender: Male

Geography: Suburban Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Alternatives to Incarceration/Prison, Community-Oriented Policing, Conflict Resolution/Interpersonal Skills, Motivational Interviewing, Violence Prevention

Targeted Population: First Time Offenders

Current Program Status: Not Active