LDC suite: an uncontrolled before-after study of short-term clinical outcomes
This report describes a study of clinical outcomes for participants of the learning disabilities and challenges (LDC) suite of accredited offending behaviour programmes.
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The LDC suite are HMPPS accredited offending behaviour programmes for adults assessed as having mild impairments in intellectual and adaptive functioning. This study explores the LDC primary programmes ‘Becoming New Me Plus’ (BNM+) and ‘New Me Strengths’ (NMS).
BNM+ is designed for high and very high-risk men with LDC and have been convicted of a general violence, intimate partner violence and/or sexual offences. NMS is for people assessed as medium or above risk of reoffending with any offence conviction.
The aim of this study was to determine whether LDC suite completers were making positive progress against key programme aims (e.g., problem solving, pro-criminal attitudes) over the duration of participation.