Aims: The role of arts and music in supporting subjective wellbeing (SWB) is increasingly
recognised. Robust evidence is needed to support policy and practice. This article reports …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Power of Music a research synthesis of the impact of actively
making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young …

Youth justice is an important public health issue. There is growing recognition of the need to
adopt effective, evidence-based strategies for working with young offenders. Music …

Building on her earlier work,'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of
Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and …

Sport is often framed as a panacea for social disharmony, especially within the context of
marginalised youth populations, and is widely promoted as a mechanism through which a …

This article investigates the role of the arts in enabling prisoners to engage with learning and
improve their literacy, and the impact this has on their rehabilitation and desistance from …

This article reports an investigation of the musical and extra-musical outcomes of
participation in a music programme for students in four socio-economically disadvantaged …

Young people in the criminal justice system experience significant health and wellbeing
issues that often stem from poverty and disadvantage and, in turn, are linked with offending …

This article offers a critical review of the empirical research literature on the 'secondary'or
'soft'contributions that arts‐based programmes may make to the process of desistance from …

This is a clear introduction to the methodological and philosophical debates in the field of
education research. It sets out the key ideas, questions, and dilemmas which inform all …