Organisations and institutions
Arts Alliance
The Arts Alliance is a coalition of arts organisations working in the criminal justice system. Its purpose is to improve communication and broker relationships between artists and organisations working with the criminal justice sector, offenders and ex-offenders, prison and probation staff, and relevant government departments. The Arts Alliance provides practitioners and service users with a voice through which to influence policy, a forum in which to exchange views, and a stand on which to promote and raise the profile of the arts in the criminal justice sector.
Category: Arts OrganisationEvaluations as member organisation (3)
Write to be Heard: Supporting Offender Learning through Creative Writing
The report explores the impact of a creative writing programme developed to engage ‘hard to reach’ learners in prison. The mechanism was a creative writing competition, incorporating a schedule of workshops in 28 prisons, encouraging entrants to write pieces for broadcast on National Prison Radio (NPR). Using qualitative and quantitative ... read on →
Re-imagining futures: Exploring arts interventions and the process of desistance
Carried out by Northumbria University and Bath Spa University, this report highlights examples of how the arts can support positive changes linked to personal agency, efficacy and identity, which are linked to the highly individualised journey of desistance from criminal behaviour. Key findings show that participation in arts activities enables ... read on →
Unlocking Value: the economic benefit of the arts in criminal justice
In late 2010, the Arts Alliance commissioned National Philanthropy Capital (NPC) to explore whether the value of the arts in criminal justice could be expressed through economic analysis. To do this, they selected three arts charities as case studies and undertook economic analyses of their interventions. This report quantifies the ... read on →
Evaluations as related organisation (1)
Write to be Heard: Supporting Offender Learning through Creative Writing
The report explores the impact of a creative writing programme developed to engage ‘hard to reach’ learners in prison. The mechanism was a creative writing competition, incorporating a schedule of workshops in 28 prisons, encouraging entrants to write pieces for broadcast on National Prison Radio (NPR). Using qualitative and quantitative ... read on →
Publications
Demonstraing the value of arts in criminal justice (2011) Links: Download page on Arts Alliance website
Saul Hewish and Chris Johnston, Criminal Justice: An Artists Guide (March 2011) Links: Download page on Arts Alliance website
Angus McLewin, Evidence Library report (March 2011) Links: Download page on Arts Alliance website , Downloads: Evidence Library report_2011
Mike Maguire, ‘test’, in: David Wilson, test text (December 2010)
Angus McLewin, What really works? Arts with offenders (September 2010) Links: Download page on Arts Alliance website
