RT Article
T1 Long-Term Effects of Short-Term Music Therapy for Prison Inmates: Six-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 65
IS 5
SP 543
OP 557
A1 Assmus, Jörg
A2 Gold, Christian 1972-
A2 Due, Fredrik B.
A2 Thieu, Elin K.
A2 Hjørnevik, Kjetil
A2 Tuastad, Lars
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1752169298
AB For most interventions to reduce criminal recidivism, long-term effects are uncertain. Music therapy has shown effects on possible precursors of recidivism, but direct evidence on long-term effects is lacking. In an exploratory parallel randomized controlled trial, 66 inmates in a Norwegian prison were allocated to music therapy or standard care and followed up over a median of 6 years, using state registry data. Median time to relapse was 5 years, with no differences between the interventions. The imprisonment of most participants was too short to provide a sufficient number of therapy sessions. Sufficiently powered studies are needed to examine the long-term effects of appropriate doses of therapy.
K1 Relapse prevention
K1 Recidivism
K1 Randomized controlled trial
K1 psychosocial interventions
K1 Offenders
K1 Music therapy
DO 10.1177/0306624X20909216