Summary
This report presents a rapid evidence assessment of the effects of mentoring on reoffending. Rapid evidence assessment builds upon a relatively small number of evaluations and only examines evaluations that have been conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom. A number of questions concerning the potential crime preventive effects of mentoring in a country like Sweden thus remain unanswered. But the study does offer the most accessible overview to date of the use of mentoring in order to prevent reoffending.