Grant Writing: MacCormick Secure Center
Note: The IC Library has more resources on the therapeutic value of the arts than on how this might be used in outreach to a corrections facility. Therefore I recommend you also run some of these Subject searches in WorldCat via FirstSearch , a union catalog of libraries across the country and around the world (be sure to limit your search to "books" or "visual materials" at the bottom to make retrievals more manageable). The record for each item you find there will have an ILL (Interlibrary loan) link at the top, which will lead to that IC Library service.
Arts in prisons
Arts--Therapeutic use
Prison theater
Prison theater--California
Prison theater--Case studies
Prison theater--United States
Drama--Therapeutic use
Psychodrama
Theater--Psychological aspects
Imprisonment--Psychological aspects
Movement therapy
Dance therapy
Dance--Psychological aspects
Dance--Study and teaching
Music in prisons [nothing in IC collection--will retrieve a few items in WorldCat database]
Music therapy
Music therapy--Case studies
Music therapy for teenagers
Prisoners' writings, American
Prisoners' writings, American--History and criticism
Creative writing--Therapeutic use
Autobiography--Therapeutic use
Diaries--Therapeutic use
Narrative therapy
Rhetoric and psychology
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects
Note: The Library of Congress Subject Headings used by libraries has retained the terms Juvenile Delinquents/Delinquency, even if ithey sound a bit dated in connection with youth crime of the 21st century. Some of our article databases--see below--have substituted the term Juvenile Offenders.
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquents
Juvenile delinquents--Education
Juvenile delinquents--Education--United States
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States
Problem youth--Education
Problem youth--Rehabilitation--United States
Juvenile corrections--United States
Juvenile corrections--United States--Evaluation
Juvenile detention homes
Juvenile detention homes--United States
Juvenile detention--United States
Juvenile justice, Administration of United States
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States--History
Criminals--Rehabilitation
Criminals--Rehabilitation --United States
Arts in prisons
Arts--Therapeutic use
Prison theater
Prison theater--California
Prison theater--Case studies
Prison theater--United States
Drama--Therapeutic use
Psychodrama
Theater--Psychological aspects
Imprisonment--Psychological aspects
Movement therapy
Dance therapy
Dance--Psychological aspects
Dance--Study and teaching
Music in prisons [nothing in IC collection--will retrieve a few items in WorldCat database]
Music therapy
Music therapy--Case studies
Music therapy for teenagers
Prisoners' writings, American
Prisoners' writings, American--History and criticism
Creative writing--Therapeutic use
Autobiography--Therapeutic use
Diaries--Therapeutic use
Narrative therapy
Rhetoric and psychology
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects
Note: The Library of Congress Subject Headings used by libraries has retained the terms Juvenile Delinquents/Delinquency, even if ithey sound a bit dated in connection with youth crime of the 21st century. Some of our article databases--see below--have substituted the term Juvenile Offenders.
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquents
Juvenile delinquents--Education
Juvenile delinquents--Education--United States
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States
Problem youth--Education
Problem youth--Rehabilitation--United States
Juvenile corrections--United States
Juvenile corrections--United States--Evaluation
Juvenile detention homes
Juvenile detention homes--United States
Juvenile detention--United States
Juvenile justice, Administration of United States
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States--History
Criminals--Rehabilitation
Criminals--Rehabilitation --United States
PsycINFO :
Go wide by entering Criminal Rehabilitation as a Subject and then theat* or drama or arts in the default "Select a Field" (Keyword). Theat* uses the truncation symbol * so that theater, theaters, theatre, theatres will all be retrieved.
Comprehensive subject coverage with considerable full text. Note that there is a “Subject Terms” link just above the search boxes, allowing you to search the index of Subject Headings--often a good first stop for more efficient Subject searching whereby you are guaranteed that your topic is indeed a main subject of the articles retrieved.
General OneFile :
Our most user friendly database, Take advantage of the default Subject search. Among the Subject headings available here are Juvenile Detention Homes, Juvenile Corrections, and most promisingly Juvenile Offenders. For each of these click "View Subdivisions" where you'll find links to subheadings. For example, under Juvenile Offenders look at the articles under the subheadings Education, Care & Treatment, Services, and Training. If there isn't an exact enough subdivision offered, open all the articles and in the upper left use the "Refine results" slot for a keyword search.Go wide by entering Criminal Rehabilitation as a Subject and then theat* or drama or arts in the default "Select a Field" (Keyword). Theat* uses the truncation symbol * so that theater, theaters, theatre, theatres will all be retrieved.
ERIC (Ebsco interface) :
A disciplinary database in Education—at all levels. The field of Education has its own set of Subject Headings so be sure to browse the “Thesaurus” (above the search slots) for the best "Descriptors." ERIC provides access not only to relevant journal literature (citations for these end in a number preceded by EJ—ERIC Journal), but also to research published directly to ERIC (citations for these end in a number preceded by ED—ERIC Document.
Education uses its own Subject Headings, so a useful first stop is the ERIC "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to see what Subject searches will work here. This is also a helpful exercise in that once you have found the appropriate Subject Heading you can "explode" it (double click) and generate a list of related Subject Headings.
On the topic of educational programs for prisoners the single best search to begin with might be Correctional Education as a descriptor combined with Delinquency as a descriptor (by itself, Correctional Education includes adult prison populations, so Delinquency is needed). You might also run a broader search on Correctional Education as a descriptor in combination with Correctional Instiutions as a descriptor. This will include adult prison populations, but since that is a much larger group, you may find ideas there for innovative programs that could be transferred to juvenile detention institutions.
On the topic of theater programs in prison combine two Subject searches: Correctional Institutions or Institutionalized Persons + Drama or Theater.
Academic Search Premier On the topic of educational programs for prisoners the single best search to begin with might be Correctional Education as a descriptor combined with Delinquency as a descriptor (by itself, Correctional Education includes adult prison populations, so Delinquency is needed). You might also run a broader search on Correctional Education as a descriptor in combination with Correctional Instiutions as a descriptor. This will include adult prison populations, but since that is a much larger group, you may find ideas there for innovative programs that could be transferred to juvenile detention institutions.
On the topic of theater programs in prison combine two Subject searches: Correctional Institutions or Institutionalized Persons + Drama or Theater.
Comprehensive subject coverage with considerable full text. Note that there is a “Subject Terms” link just above the search boxes, allowing you to search the index of Subject Headings--often a good first stop for more efficient Subject searching whereby you are guaranteed that your topic is indeed a main subject of the articles retrieved.
A good initial strategy in this database is to search a likely topic in the Subject Terms and when you find it “explode” the term by double clicking it--this brings up a list of related Subject terms. You can check as many terms as you like before "adding" them to your search by AND-ing or OR-ing them together. In addition to Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Detention Homes, and Juvenile Delinquents--Education, you will find Prison Theater and Arts in Prison.
User Advisory: For any retrieved set of articles, there will be a box displayed on the left that will limit the articles to “Scholarly” journals—just check the box and click the “Update Results” button below.
General OneFile :
ProQuest Research Library :
A comprehensive database with a lot of full text. At the search screen open the "More Sarch Options" tab on the lower left. Note that you can "Look Up Subjects" to the right of the Subject slot. Among those available here are Juvenile Offenders, which you could combine with other subjects such as Education. Also try Prisoners and Theater. And note that Proquest will suggest related Subject searches at the the top of your retrievals.
LexisNexis Academic News:
Offering a keyword search of 100% full text from a vast number of national and international newspapers, this is an easy database to use poorly and a bit tricky to use well. In order not to be overwhelmed with articles in which your search terms are mentioned anywhere—first or last paragraph—use commands to target articles in which your topic words are mentioned early.
Use the hlead command (headline and lead paragraphs) to target articles in which your topic words occur in the prime news-story position of headline or first paragraphs. For example: hlead("juvenile offenders" ) and hlead(theat! or arts) will retrieve just the articles in which these words are used in the headline or first paragraphs. Note: the exclamation point is the truncation symbol for LexisNexis, meaning it will retrieve any extention of the root it follows. In this case, theat! retrieves both theater and theatre, theaters and theatres.. Also note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses after hlead, with no space between.
Few databases offer 100% full text. Most retrieve a mix of full text articles and article "citations"--article title, author(s), publication info, and usually an "abstract" or one-prargraph summary of the content. When a citation makes you want the full text, look below it for this icon:
Clicking "GETIT" checks (almost all) the IC Library's other databases to see if any offers the full text of the article--or if the Library has a print subscription to the journal in which the article appeared.
Clicking "GETIT" checks (almost all) the IC Library's other databases to see if any offers the full text of the article--or if the Library has a print subscription to the journal in which the article appeared.
- "GETIT" will usually find the full text in another database and open it in a new window.
- If none of our databases can access the full text but we have a print subsciption to the journal, "GETIT" will retrieve the Library catalog record for the journal so that you can see if the date of the article falls within the date range we have on hand.
- If full text is not available from any database or from a print subsciption, "GETIT" will provide a link to the IC Library's Interlibrary Loan. Log in (same as your IC e-mail)--and set up your account if you've never used it before. "GETIT" will have populated the article request form with all the necessary information and you simply submit the request elecrtonically. Most articles are supplied as digital files and will be sent to you via e-mail when they arrive.
- Ebrary
- Citation
- Interlibrary Loan
- Plagiarism Tutorial
- Performing New Lives : Prison Theatre
- Theatre in Prison
- Imagining Medea : Rhodessa Jones and Theater for Incarcerated Women
- Shakespeare Inside : The Bard Behind Bars
- New Public Scholarship : Is William Martinez Not Our Brother? : Twenty Years of the Prison Creative Arts Project
- Geese Theatre Handbook : Drama with Offenders and People at Risk
- Rebels with a Cause: Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques
- Playing the Other : Dramatizing Personal Narratives in Playback Theatre
- Begining Research in Arts Therapy : A Practical Guide
- Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing : Writing Myself
Note: There are considerably more resources on arts programs for offenders than specifically for youthful offenders. But much of this will prove relevant to any incarcerated population.
- Prison Arts Coalition: I've linked to the "Articles" section of this national organization, but use the drop-down menu under Resources for other categories--especially "Research & Evaluation."
- Rehabilitation Through the Arts: I've linked to the "Press" section because this offers so many full-text article links, but the rest of the site may be of interest as well. Note: an IC database provides a study of the impact of this program: Rehabilitation Through the Arts: Impact on Participants' Engagement in Educational Programs.
- Prisoner Express: This Cornell group bills itself as the "bridge between prisoners and the outside world." Speaking of Cornell, you might also want to take a look at the Cornell Prison Education Program that works with a couple of area correctional facilities. This is about delivering a liberal arts curriculum rather than creative arts opportunities, but you still might find some interesting people to talk to through this site.
- Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP): A Michigan group that's been working with prisoners in the arts, including theater, for twenty years. Not a great deal of content here, but some and with contact information.
- Alabama Prison Arts + Education Program: Again, not a lot of content here, but it provides a model for how a college (Auburn University) and correctional facilities might work together--along with contact info for further research.
- Prison Performing Arts Program: A St. Louis Group that works with adult and youth offenders.
- Shakespeare behind Bars: Links & Resources: Juvenile Population: a list of current arts programs for incarcerated youth,
- Building a Prison Arts Program: Through the Eyes of the Facilitator: A masters thesis at the University of Oregon Libraries, available here full text online. Note: the main text--42 pages--is in the file titled "Final Master's project."
- A Day in the life of a Prison Theatre Program: A 2003 27-page account. This is an article from the Library's Project Muse database, so log-in required. The link is to the Table of Contents of the journal issue, so scroll down for the article.
- Improving Outcomes for at-risk Youth: Findings from the Prodigy Cultural Arts Program: 2012 article from the Journal of Evidence-based Social Work.
- Arts therapies for young offenders in secure care—A practice-based research: 2011 article from Arts in Psychotherapy.
- Making Amends: an interventionist theatre programme with young offenders: 2007 article from Research in Drama Education.
- An Evaluation of an Arts Program for Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders: 2003 article from the Journal of Correctional Education.
- Arts Programs for Juvenile Offenders in Detention: From the late 90's, this is an invitation for grant applicants, but it still seems a good overview for what's expected from these kinds of programs.
- Juvenile Offenders Sentenced to Shakespeare: Article about a current program in Massachusetts.
- Shakespeare's Words Resonate with Juvenile Offenders. About a project collaboration between Wesleyan University and a juvenile detention center. Also see this overview of the same project.
- Stanford Program for Dance in Prison: Article about Janice Ross, a Standford professor who has been teaching a dance course for the past decade ivolving outreach to juvenile offenders. And here's a 47 minute video of her lecture: "Doing Time: Dance in Prison."
- Dance is part of rehabilitation at Philippine prison: a New York Times article on the global capital of prison dance--the Philipines. (You'll find many images and videos on the Web.)
MLA is the citation style used by most disciplines in the Humanities. The guides below use the latest 2008/9 standards.
- MLA Citation Guide: Books (Print & Web)
- MLA Citation Guide: Newspaper, Magazine, Journal articles (Print & Web)
- MLA Citation Guide: Web and Multimedia
- MLA Citation Guide: In-text Citations
Also see the Purdue OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide.
