Is a music-based mentoring programme delivered with young people aged 11 - 17 years involved in or deemed to be at risk of involvement in violent or non-violent offending, focused on managing behaviour and developing positive relationships and a pro-social identity, an effective approach to reducing young people’s future engagement in delinquent behaviour compared to business-as-usual services?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Reduction in the likelihood of involvement in delinquent behaviour for young people at risk of, or already involved with, violence and crime.Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN96905637
- Lead Sponsor
- Youth Endowment Fund
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 586
Inclusion Criteria
- Young people aged 11 - 17 years.2. Young people who have either been: 2.1 Convicted of a criminal offence. 2.2 Arrested, but have not received a criminal conviction. 2.3 Considered at high/medium risk of offending due to demonstrating one or more of the following factors: 2.3.1.Carrying weapons such as knives. 2.3.2.Known association with high-risk peers, known to be involved in criminal activity.2.3.3Known to have siblings already involved in criminal activity. 2.3.4.Displaying overt coercive or violent behaviour. 2.3.5.Excluded or at risk of exclusion from mainstream education i.e. persistent absences and suspension due to displaying behaviours including offending, bullying, aggression, violence. 2.3.6.Signs of possible criminal exploitation e.g., burner phones, unexplained change in finances, missing episodes. 2.3.7.Drug use or possession.3. Young people who are living or attending school in East Sussex, West Sussex, or Brighton and Hove.
Exclusion Criteria
- Young people will not be eligible if they are currently serving a custodial sentence.2. Young people will not be eligible if they have previously served multiple custodial sentences. 2. Young people will not be eligible if they are accessing any other similar arts-based programmes or programmes using ‘music-as-a-hook’.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported delinquent behaviour measured by the Self Reported Delinquency Scale volume score at baseline and six months post randomisation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method