Evaluations

Beats & Bars - Music in Prisons: An Evaluation

The report evaluated a series of five-day music projects which took place in eight men’s prisons across England from October 2007 to July 2008. The evaluation was aimed at understanding the impact of the project on its participants’ engagement with purposeful activities whilst in prison. In particular the impact of ... read on →

Authors Alexandra Cox, Loraine Gelsthorpe (Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge , University of Cambridge)

Published

Artform Music

Organisation The Irene Taylor Trust (Music in Prisons)   Project venues Brixton , Edmunds Hill, Littlehey, Manchester, Wandsworth, Wayland, Whatton

Participant type Male Adult Offenders

Sample size: 69

Impact of Fathers Inside – an OLSU and Safe Ground Parenting Course for male prisoners at HMP Ashwell

A nine month evaluation of Fathers Inside at HMP Ashwell that includes a range of data from programme documents, comparative literature and research, direct observation of the programme, and from semi-structured interviews with participant prisoners, their partners, child-carers and children. It concludes that Fathers Inside brings about changes in parenting ... read on →

Authors Gwyneth Boswell, Avril Price, Peter Wedge (Community & Criminal Justice Research Unit, De Montfort University, De Montfort University Leicester)

Published June 2004

Artform Drama

Organisation Safe Ground   Project venue Ashwell

Participant type Male Adult Offenders

Sample size: 26

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