Music therapy in prisoners

Overall description of this research area:  
Another implication of the risk and mental health assessment studies in forensic settings was to test the effect of music therapy in prisoners.  

The project was a collaboration among Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bergen, and the Norwegian Correctional Service. Project leader for this pilot study was Christian Gold, phd, from the Grieg Academy. However other review papers about music therapy have also been produced.   

Objectives:  
Investigate the effects of music therapy on prisoners.  

Outcomes:  

Effect of Music Therapy for inmates Bergen Prison

• Gold, C., Assmus, J., Hjørnevik, K., Quale, L. G., Brown, F. K., Hansen, A. L., Waage, L., & Stige, B. (2014).  Music Therapy for Prisoners: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial and Implications for Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, DOI: 10.1177/0306624X13498693  

Other research within this research area:    

• Coutinho, B.V., Hansen, A. L., Waage, L., Hillecke, T. H., & Koenig, J. (2014).  Music Making Interventions with Adults in the Forensic Setting –  A Systematic Review of the Literature – Part I: Group Interventions. Music and  Medicine,7, 40-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v7i4.435 
• Coutinho, B.V., Hansen, A. L., Waage, L., Hillecke, T. H., & Koenig, J. (2015). Music Making Interventions with Adults in the Forensic Setting –A  Systematic Review of the Literature – Part II: Case Studies and Good vibrations. Music and Medicine, 7, 50-71. DOI: 10.47513/mmd.v7i4.435
• Hjørnevik, K., Waage, L. Hansen, A. (2022). Musical life stories: coherence through musicking in the prison setting. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal. 19, 74-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/17416590211059135