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

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.

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