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‘It’s not just music, it helps you from inside’: Mixing methods to understand the impact of music on young people in contact with the criminal justice system
Jolly, Andrew Devi-McGleish, Yasmin Simpson, Ella Caulfield, Laura
Jolly, Andrew
Devi-McGleish, Yasmin
Simpson, Ella
Caulfield, Laura
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2020-07-02
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In response to some of the criticisms of previous research into the arts in criminal justice, this paper presents findings from research with a music programme run by a Youth Offending team (YOT). Data was collected on the attendance of 42 participants at YOT appointments - matched against a comparison group - and measures of change over time in musical development, attitudes and behaviour, and well-being. Participants who completed the music programme were statistically more likely to attend YOT appointments than a comparison group. There were statistically significant improvements in participants’ self-reported well-being and musical ability over the course of the project. Effect sizes reached the minimum important difference for quantitative measures. To understand not just if, but how, any impact was achieved, and to ensure the voice of the young people was heard, the quantitative elements of the research were complemented and extended by in-depth interviews with 23 participants.
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Jolly, A., Devi-McGleish, Y., Simpson, E. and Caulfield, L. (2020) ‘It’s not just music, it helps you from inside’: Mixing methods to understand the impact of music on young people in contact with the criminal justice system, Youth Justice (in press).
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by SAGE in Youth Justice on 02/07/2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225420938151
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1473-2254