Evaluations

Family Man: 2012-13 Evaluation Scope

The purpose of this evaluation is to demonstrate the long-term impact and cost-effectiveness of Family Man to policy makers, funders, prisons and practitioners; and to complement Gwyneth Boswell’s qualitative study of the revised Family Man and other previous evaluations. read on →

Published 2013

Artform Drama

Organisation Safe Ground   Project venues Belmarsh, Birmingham, Bristol, Dovegate, Highpoint, Leeds, Parc, Wandsworth

Participant type Male and Female Adult Families of offenders, Male and Female Juvenile Families of offenders, Male Adult Offenders, Male and Female Adult Prison Staff

Sample size: 500

Good Vibrations: Music and social education for young offenders

This evaluation looked at the project from the point of view of music education, identifying individual and social factors generated through musical development that also are attributed to desistence from crime. These were divided into two categories:- Individual Agency:Personal Identity Diversity Motivation Hope Self-determination Personal strengths  Social Interactions: Professional relationships ... read on →

Author Jennie Henley (Institute of Education, University of London, University of London)

Published August 2012

Artform Music

Organisation Good Vibrations   Project venue Swinfen Hall

Participant type Male Young Offenders

Sample size: 19

Time Well Spent

Time Well Spent shares some of the key lessons learned from Music in Prisons’ programmes of music projects over six years, focusing on the stages of project delivery and the impact on participants, staff and musicians.It follows the journey of all projects from the excitement of the initial idea or ... read on →

Author Angus McLewin (Angus McLewin Associates)

Published 2005

Artform Music

Organisation The Irene Taylor Trust (Music in Prisons)   Project venues Askham Grange, Bullingdon, Bullwood Hall, Frankland, Holloway

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