Driver Offender Retraining - Successes and Improvements

1 November 2024

The UK National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) is operated by the not-for-profit company UKROEd on behalf of the police service. NDORS comprises a range of behaviour change courses offered to offenders (at the discretion of the Chief Officer of Police) instead of a prosecution. UKROEd commissioned TRL to evaluate the effectiveness of the NDORS courses. This report presents the research questions, method and findings of the evaluation.

The evidence reported in this study suggests that NDORS behaviour change courses are having a positive impact on the behaviours they target and are working through a range of mechanisms to produce this. While the quantity and form of data collected varies across courses, there are consistent findings of positive impact. The barriers and improvements identified can help UKROEd with continued improvements to its range of courses.