Evaluations

The Arts of Desistance: Evaluation of the Koestler Trust Arts Mentoring Programme for Former Prisoners

This report presents and discusses the findings of an evaluation of an arts-based mentoring scheme that is aimed at prolonging and enhancing desistance from crime through providing former prisoners with opportunities to continue engaging with the arts after release. The evaluation focused both on the implementation and effectiveness of the ... read on →

Author Leonidas Cheliotis (London School of Economics)

Published October 2014

Artforms Creative Writing, Multi-Arts, Music, Visual Arts

Organisation Koestler Trust   Project venues Parc, Peterborough

Participant type Male and Female Adult Ex offenders

Sample size: 60

Sounding Out - Jim Cartwright

The report followed Music in Prisons as they ran a pilot ‘through the gate’ project which, through music, aimed to provide longer-term rehabilitative opportunities to previous project participants in order to help bridge the gap between life inside and out prison. The key aims were to assist reintegration; impact on ... read on →

Published 2013

Artform Music

Participant type Male and Female Adult Ex offenders

Sample size: 7

Review of "Family Man" - an intervention provided by Safe Ground

This review, by the Commissioning Strategies Group (CSG) of NOMS, examines the elements of the programme design and delivery of the Safe Ground 'Family Man' propgramme in relation to CSG standards for effective interventions. It covers:

  • Description of the programme - aims and objectives
  • Evidence base of theoretical orientation, goals ... read on →

    Authors Janet Creighton, Adrian Smith (Commissioning Strategies Group, NOMS)

    Published August 2011

    Artforms Drama, Multi-Arts

    Organisation Safe Ground

  • An Evaluation of The Prison Radio Association's Activity: Final Report Year 1

    Evaluation of a two-week taster course in radio production for delivery in a number of prisons across the West Midlands - part of a strategic three-year activity plan (2007- 2009) - it identifies key factors for success, best practice and for staff training to develop Prison Radio wider across the ... read on →

    Authors Joanna Davidson, Katherine Wilkinson (Hallam Centre for Community Justice, Sheffield Hallam University)

    Published

    Artform Radio

    Organisation Prison Radio Association

    Participant type Male Adult Offenders

    Sample size: 29

    Made for prisoners by prisoners

    This evaluation by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) of Safe Ground's 'Parents for the 21st Century' initiative, is divided into two distinct phases.  The first focuses on the process of development, whereby inmates played a major role in the production of the course materials - the aim of ... read on →

    Authors Mary Ashworth, John Harland, Karen Hasley (National Foundation for Educational Research)

    Published September 2002

    Artform Drama

    Organisation Safe Ground

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