Dance therapy and the criminal justice system: Considering traditional and critical perspectives in prisons, forensic mental health and addiction care

IF 1.5 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Arts in Psychotherapy Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.aip.2025.102250

Ella Dumaresq, Katrina Skewes McFerran

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Abstract

Dance therapy can be beneficial for people detained in prisons and other correctional facilities, yet conceptualising research and practice with incarcerated participants can be complex and multifaceted. On one hand, traditional perspectives align with behaviourism and take a medical approach to analysing and articulating the benefits of dance therapy for criminal cohorts. On the other hand, social justice perspectives highlight the limitations of individual behavioural change and look to broader socio-political contexts to explain the ways in which institutions and systems adversely impact the lives and experiences of criminalised people. Taking these different views into consideration, our article blends traditional (behavioural) and contemporary (critical) perspectives and seeks to crystalise findings from the research literature in a way that honours the relevance of two distinct, yet complementing, paradigms. Beginning with a systematic review, we draw on the Risk-Need-Responsivity and Good Lives Model to contextualise data from an objectivist standpoint. We then position ourselves more critically to examine the constraints of the medical model and suggest alternatives to treatment-focused discourse. Our paper concludes with recommendations for further research and practice which are rooted in our belief that more collaborative models for engaging people in prison and related settings are possible, and worth pursuing.

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Arts in Psychotherapy Multiple-

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3.20

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期刊介绍： The Arts in Psychotherapy is a dynamic, contemporary journal publishing evidence-based research, expert opinion, theoretical positions, and case material on a wide range of topics intersecting the fields of mental health and creative arts therapies. It is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing 5 issues annually. Papers are welcomed from researchers and practitioners in the fields of art, dance/movement, drama, music, and poetry psychotherapy, as well as expressive and creative arts therapy, neuroscience, psychiatry, education, allied health, and psychology that aim to engage high level theoretical concepts with the rigor of professional practice. The journal welcomes contributions that present new and emergent knowledge about the role of the arts in healthcare, and engage a critical discourse relevant to an international readership that can inform the development of new services and the refinement of existing policies and practices. There is no restriction on research methods and review papers are welcome. From time to time the journal publishes special issues on topics warranting a distinctive focus relevant to the stated goals and scope of the publication.