Understanding the impacts of care farms on health and well-being of disadvantaged populations: a protocol of the Evaluating Community Orders (ECO) pilot study

Elsey, Helen; Bragg, Rachel; Elings, Marjolein; Cade, Janet; Brennan, Cathy; Farragher, Tracey; Tubeuf, Sandy; Gold, Rochelle; Shickle, Darren; Wickramasekera, Nyantara; Richardson, Zoe; Murray, Jenni

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006536

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“…The results of this review will be applied to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of care farms compared to community orders for adult offenders in the UK (Elsey, et al, 2014). The results of Dubourg et al (2005) and Brand and Price (2000) will particularly be useful for this economic evaluation as they provided the most comprehensive results based on the United Kingdom.…”

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Cost of crime: A systematic review

Wickramasekera

Wright

Elsey

et al. 2015

Journal of Criminal Justice

108

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Purpose: This study aims to systematically search and review all the relevant studies that have estimated the cost of crime of adult offenders.Methods: Fifteen databases were searched for published studies and grey literature. We included studies that estimated the cost of crime of adult offenders. Due to high heterogeneity results were synthesised descriptively.Results: Twenty-one studies estimated the cost of crime. There was considerable variance in the estimated total costs of crime and studies from the United States consistently reported the highest total costs. All the studies consistently included robbery and burglary in the total cost estimate. Homicide was ranked as the most costly offence and accounted on average for 31% of the total cost of crime, followed by drug offence (21%) and fraud (17%). Crime categories that involved violence to a person were associated with large intangible costs.Conclusions: While it is difficult to precisely determine what caused the large variance in the total cost estimates, we think that it could be due to changes in unit costs, changes in crime trends, and variations in the methods used to estimate costs. The findings from this systematic review highlight the need for more up-to-date studies with better reporting standards.

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confidence: 99%

Cost of crime: A systematic review

Wickramasekera

Wright

Elsey

et al. 2015

Journal of Criminal Justice

108

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“…During the last few years, a growing number of authors have illustrated emerging social farming features in diverse countries [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], as well as growing networks and platforms [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and possible applications and related outcomes in social farming initiatives [35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. In most cases, social farming practices are locally grounded and emerge according to specific cultural and regulatory scenarios, the most relevant being welfare system organization at the national level.…”

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Social Farming Evolutionary Web: from Public Intervention to Value Co-Production

Iacovo

2020

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The organization of multifunctional agriculture for the provision of social/health/educational services is spreading throughout Europe and elsewhere. This concept is not new, and the organization of practices differs according to each country’s welfare model. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the existing practices and trends and to provide a suitable comprehensive framework. Starting from long-term research action on this topic started in 1999 and from participation in European research projects and networks, this paper reflects on the features of existing practices and distinguishes emerging social farming models. Specific attention is given to the potential of social farming for both global change and the re-organization of local societies and welfare organizations. The diverse social farming models and their interactions with emerging constraints and needs during times of challenge and crisis, such as those we are currently experiencing, are considered in order to understand their basic principles (from direct support to co-production models), as well as how they correlate with the ongoing process of welfare reorganization and evolutionary societal demands.

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“…In this work, we identify that the term ‘land-based interventions’ covers a wide spectrum of programmes/projects and is used to encompass activities linked to nature and/or the built environment. So, it is a term associated with horticultural and gardening programmes/projects (Elsey et al, 2014b; Grimshaw and King, 2002; Harris et al, 2014), social enterprise initiatives (Conahan, 2012; Cosgrove et al, 2011; Gilbert et al, 2013; Harley, 2014; Lysaght et al, 2012) and programmes connected to the land with a focus on offering social support and establishing therapeutic alliances (Dooris et al, 2013; Pettus-Davis et al, 2011). Key learning from this work has led us to conceptualise the term ‘land-based’ to capture a wide range of pursuits, such as activities connected to nature - gardening, food growing, landscaping, bee keeping, honey production, hive making and also activities which are connected but extend beyond the natural environment, such as building green houses, polytunnels, aviaries, composters, flower beds, foot paths and bee hives.…”

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Collaborative research: Working together to deliver land-based prison initiatives

Brown

Brady

2020

Methodological Innovations

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Collaborative research offers an opportunity to access experiential knowledge, rooted in a process that aims to move beyond traditional research relationships and boundaries. Collaborative research does not always change the power differential; nonetheless, it has the potential to lead to ethical relationships and for partnership working that supports ‘change’. Working in this way aids in understanding and advancing ideas for change, grounded in the views and experiences of all involved. In this article, we share our experiences of carrying out two collaborative land-based prison-based evaluations. These programmes, delivered by third sector organisations, have both worked with men in prison but differed in relation to focus, approach, timescale and the specific group of men targeted within the prison population. This work highlights how working collaboratively lends itself to a way of engaging, through building a range of relationships with key stakeholders, men in prison, prison staff and practitioners, a channel to ‘knowing differently’ and potential for creating humanising spaces within the prison environment. This article details the rewards, tensions and challenges we have encountered when carrying out land-based studies, illuminating additional dimensions for consideration when adopting this approach.

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Understanding the impacts of care farms on health and well-being of disadvantaged populations: a protocol of the Evaluating Community Orders (ECO) pilot study

Cited by 15 publications

References 36 publications

Cost of crime: A systematic review

Cost of crime: A systematic review

Social Farming Evolutionary Web: from Public Intervention to Value Co-Production

Collaborative research: Working together to deliver land-based prison initiatives

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