Evaluating a school-based programme to prevent offending behaviour among young people

Evaluation of DARE 25: a clustered randomised controlled trial of a school-based programme to prevent offending behaviour among young people

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN23403781

Enrollment

4000

Registered

2021-06-16

Start date

2020-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-03-27

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Conditions

Offending behaviours including hate, knife, drug and alcohol-related crime Not Applicable

Interventions

This efficacy trial uses a two-arm, two-level design, with pupils clustered into schools. The unit of randomisation is the school. Schools were randomly allocated to the treatment or control group at

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The intervention is aimed at Year 6 pupils and is intended to be delivered in class. In recruited schools it is expected that the entire Year 6 cohort participates, with the exception of pupils withdrawn by their parents or carers. As such, there was no screening of individual participants.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not in Year 6 during the 2020/21 school year

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prosocial behaviour measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at baseline and 3-8 months later	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prosocial behaviour measured using the Problem Behaviour Frequency Scale (PBFS) at baseline and 3-8 months later	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactMartin Culliney

M.Culliney@shu.ac.uk+44 (0)114 225 6072

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026