Access Information for The Compass Project Programme Handbook

The Compass Project (TCP) is a research study, of which Dr Neema Trivedi-Bateman is the creator and Principal Investigator.

TCP has developed an innovative morality and emotion programme for use with adolescents in any organisations that work with young people. The study was formerly based at Anglia Ruskin University, is based at Loughborough University, and is inspired by previous work carried out at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge.

The study has been specifically designed to test key research questions and explore testable implications of theoretical explanations of how we feel, think, and behave. One such example is Situational Action Theory (SAT). SAT is a detailed theory of action which specifies (i) key causes of crime and the situational processes that link them directly to action, as well as (ii) key causes of the causes of crime and the developmental and selective processes that link them indirectly to action. TCP uses both established and innovative methods to track participants’ personal and social development and their psychological, social and behavioural outcomes.

A full description of the programme content and all programme materials, facilitator instructions, and a facilitator script can be found in a detailed fieldwork handbook and can be utilised with adherence to copyright guidelines. The Compass Project (TCP) Programme Handbook is available upon application to the Principal Investigator, Dr Neema Trivedi-Bateman, contacted via n.trivedi-bateman@lboro.ac.uk (ORCID identifier 1-7374-4893). Researchers interested in replicating TCP methods and research instruments are welcomed to get in touch. Applications for access to the TCP Programme Handbook must be submitted by bona fide researchers for a research purpose that is in line with the original aims of the study, must not be deemed to be used with inappropriate or underdeveloped research designs, and involve a process and impact evaluation. There may be opportunity to collaborate with the highly trained and experienced Compass research team who have carried out multiple programme implementations and evaluations in different youth settings.

Further information about the TCP study can be found on the project website here: https://lboro.ac.uk/research/compass-project/.