Dr Kirstin Anderson's Outputs (10)

The care experience of people with diagnosed or suspected dementia living in prison: A case study approach (2025)
Journal Article
MacRae, R., Chalmers, N., Tolson, D., Taylor, J., Anderson, K., Thomson, L., & Russ, T. (online). The care experience of people with diagnosed or suspected dementia living in prison: A case study approach. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012251338873

Complex health and social care needs of people living in prison with diagnosed or suspected dementia is a growing concern for prisons and prison healthcare staff. The literature is replete with recommendations to better understand the health and soci... Read More about The care experience of people with diagnosed or suspected dementia living in prison: A case study approach.

The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation Episode 2 | Season 4 (2025)
Digital Artefact
Anderson, K. (2025). The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation Episode 2 | Season 4. [Podcast]

Podcast Description on Website:

'In this episode our host Rachelle Cobain talks to Dr Kirstin Anderson about a new book she’s edited called ‘The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation’.

Kirstin is a Lecturer in Criminology at E... Read More about The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation Episode 2 | Season 4.

Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in four Scottish prisons (2024)
Journal Article
MacRae, R., Chalmers, N., Tolson, D., Taylor, J., Anderson, K., Thomson, L., & Russ, T. (2024). Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in four Scottish prisons. Health and Justice, 12(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-024-00294-5

Background and purpose: The number of older people in prisons is increasing across the globe. Many have poor physical and mental health, higher prevalence of head injury, cognitive impairment and dementia than found in community populations. Meeting... Read More about Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in four Scottish prisons.

The Barlinnie Special Unit Art, Punishment and Innovation (2024)
Book
Anderson, K. (Ed.). (2025). The Barlinnie Special Unit Art, Punishment and Innovation. Waterside Press

Fifty years ago, a small unit in HM Prison Barlinnie, Glasgow, became a radical experiment whose approach polarised opinion. It encouraged shared decision-making between prisoners and staff, allowed greater access to families and enabled prisoners to... Read More about The Barlinnie Special Unit Art, Punishment and Innovation.

Connection through Music for Mothers and Young Children in Prison (2023)
Book Chapter
Lamela, I., & Anderson, K. (2023). Connection through Music for Mothers and Young Children in Prison. In M. S. Barrett, & G. F. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music (588-602). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.35

This chapter examines a particular sector of music practice that is seemingly underrepresented in the literature: music-making between mothers and their children residing together in custody. A scoping review of literature on music and attachment, mu... Read More about Connection through Music for Mothers and Young Children in Prison.

Longer sentences? Overcrowded UK prisons are already failing society (2023)
Digital Artefact
Foster, R., & Anderson, K. (2023). Longer sentences? Overcrowded UK prisons are already failing society. [Magazine]

Scotland's Prison Population (SCCJR Learning Resource accompanying video) (2023)
Digital Artefact
Anderson, K. (2023). Scotland's Prison Population (SCCJR Learning Resource accompanying video). [Video]

This video accompanies a learning resource titled 'Scotland's Prison Population', as part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research's learning resource suite for Modern Studies learners and teachers in Scotland.

A Review of Interventions, Innovation, and the Impact of Covid-19 in the Scottish Prison System within a Comparative Analytical Framework (2023)
Report
Morrison, K., Anderson, K., Jardine, E., Maycock, M., & Sparks, R. (2023). A Review of Interventions, Innovation, and the Impact of Covid-19 in the Scottish Prison System within a Comparative Analytical Framework. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Learning and Evaluation Oversight Group

Creative Conversations with Justice and Arts Scotland (2021)
Book Chapter
Anderson, K. (2021). Creative Conversations with Justice and Arts Scotland. In L. Willingham (Ed.), Community Music at the Boundaries (402-408). Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Environment, intention and intergenerational music making: Facilitating participatory music making in diverse contexts of community music (2020)
Journal Article
Anderson, K., & Willingham, L. (2020). Environment, intention and intergenerational music making: Facilitating participatory music making in diverse contexts of community music. International Journal of Community Music, 13(2), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00018_1

Current conversations and debates amongst community music and music educational practitioners have engendered the need to identify and describe qualities and leadership strategies that could be expected essential for those in teaching, facilitating a... Read More about Environment, intention and intergenerational music making: Facilitating participatory music making in diverse contexts of community music.