Pre- and post-participation assessment models are used as part of Khulisa’s programme design and are consistently updated and amended to meet current standards and funder requirements.
Silence the Violence has been rigorously evaluated in South Africa where long-term tracking indicates a 60-80% reduction in re-offending rates. It also received a United Nations Drugs & Crime Office Award in 2006 for being a "best-practice model [of] 'transformational social impact".
In the UK, our programme was formally assessed by Dr. Nicola Graham-Kevan from the University of Central Lancashire's Department of Psychology (and President of The International Family Aggression Society), to be compliant with "What Works: Reducing Reoffending". (A full abstract of this review is available upon request).
Dr. Graham-Kevan is conducting a longer evaluation of the programme and participant impact to be completed June 2010.
A Practice Report on causal factors of violence in South Africa and the UK with an overview of Silence the Violence was recently published in the Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research (Volume 2, Number 1, January 2010).
Reports:
Nicola Graham-Kevan Review of STV and What Works Principles June 2009
Nicola Graham-Kevan STV and What Works Executive Summary 2009
Nicola Graham-Kevan STV Evaluation Feb 2011 - Executive Summary
Nicola Graham-Kevan STV Evaluation final report Feb 2011
Niki Graham-Kevan Face It treatment evaluation
Griffin Research and Consultancy NOMS PS04350 Assessment of Silence the Violence Report