Perceptions of young offenders towards a programme of dance movement therapy

Case studies - Perceptions of young offenders towards a programme of dance movement therapy

Perceptions of young offenders towards a programme of dance movement therapy

Payne, Helen
Professor Dr.
University of Hertfordshire
h.l.payne@herts.ac.uk
1986

Aims of research

To investigate the DMT experience from the perspective of young male adolescents labelled delinquent

Principal research question(s)

what are the adolescents' views and experiences of a DMT programme?

Principal findings

this is unavailable electronically but findings can be found in the publications of this study

Research Supervisors

Pat Sanderson

Client group

young people labelled delinquent

Nature of data collection

interviews

Ethical board approving research

University of Manchester and Aycliffe community facility, education centre secure unit

Research design

qualitative case study

Registered Academic Institution

University of Manchester

Academic level of research

M.Phil

Related publications by members of research team

Payne, H. (1999) The Use of Dance Movement Therapy with Troubled Youth. In: C. Schaefer (ed) Innovative Psychotherapy Techniques in Child and Adolescent Therapy, pp 30-60. New York, John Wiley Interscience. Revised Second edition.
Payne, H. (2003) Shut in, Shut out: movement therapy with young people labeled delinquent (a psychodynamic perspective) In: H Payne (ed.) Dance Movement Therapy: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. Seventh reprint

Keywords

adolescents, dance movement therapy, delinquency, perceptions, young offenders