The nuts and bolts of achieving outcomes in a Youth Offending Team Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 13-18 The establishment of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) by the Ministry of Justice in July 2002 heralded a new way of…
Evaluating young children Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 19-24 Auckland Central, the first multi-agency service in New Zealand, referrals are received for assessment and therapy from social workers from…
Born to be wild? Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 29-33 Ashley Seaford reveals the implications for practice of conduct disorder
Communication issues in care and protection cases Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 23-28 Sandra Porteous discusses effective communication and collaboration between lawyers and social workers in care and protection proceedings. This article is…
Refugee Voices: A journey towards resettlement Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2004 Refugee Voices reports the findings of a Department of Labour (DoL) research project that inquired into the resettlement experiences of refugees in New Zealand. The information…
Understanding reductions in the gender wage differential 1997-2003 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2004 The female-to-male hourly earnings gap in New Zealand narrowed by 4 percentage points between 1997 and 2003. The objective of this paper is to throw light…
Internet Traders of Child Pornography and other Censorship Offenders in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2004 The main purpose of the current research was to develop a tool for the collection of information about CCU offenders. Obviously, such a tool would need…
Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2004 Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice is a cross-departmental research project aimed at identifying factors associated with effective outcomes in the youth justice system and assessing…
Attitudes to Crime and Punishment: A New Zealand Study Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2003 The report presents the findings of the first comprehensive national survey of the views of a sample of adult New Zealanders about crime and the criminal…
Guardianship, Custody and Access: Māori Perspectives and Experiences Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2002 It is important that the Māori perspective is taken into account when family law policy and Family Courts processes are being developed. The Ministry of Justice…