... participated in a qualitative study. Findings Findings indicate significant improvements in participants’ well-being, a reduction in shame and enhanced hope over six months. However, despite these positive changes, baseline scores for depression, anxiety and stress remained high, highlighting the ongoing...

... only What is clear from the evidence base – particularly research that might be more readily viewed as “robust” in the terms set out by Burrowes et al. – is that music in criminal justice programmes have a clear and measurable impact on well-being and sentence engagement. Qualitatively...