PROTOCOL: A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for at-risk and offending children and young people on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes

Louise Mansfield; Norma Daykin; Neil E O'Connell; Daniel Bailey; Louise Forde; Robyn Smith; Jake Gifford

doi:10.1002/cl2.1298

PROTOCOL: A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for at-risk and offending children and young people on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes

Campbell Syst Rev. 2023 Jan 10;19(1):e1298. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1298. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Louise Mansfield¹, Norma Daykin², Neil E O'Connell^{1

3}, Daniel Bailey¹, Louise Forde⁴, Robyn Smith¹, Jake Gifford¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences Brunel University London Uxbridge UK.
² Health and Social Wellbeing, UWE Bristol UK.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Centre for Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse Brunel University London Uxbridge UK.
⁴ Brunel Law School Brunel University London Uxbridge UK.

Abstract

This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The proposed systematic review question is: What is the effectiveness of arts interventions for at-risk and offending children and young people (8-25 years)? There are three objectives: (1) To evaluate evidence on the effectiveness and impact of arts interventions on keeping children safe from involvement in violence and crime; (2) To synthesise evidence on factors impacting the implementation of arts interventions, and barriers and facilitators to participation and achievement of intended outcomes; (3) To develop a theory-of-change approach to ensure the development of an evidence-led framework of the processes by which arts interventions might work in preventing offending behaviours.