Prisoner double-bunking: Perceptions and impacts (2012) Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Throughout the last decade the Department of Corrections was faced with the need to accommodate significant increases in the number of prisoners, and to do so…
Community Based Domestic Violence 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This literature and research review looked at the status of domestic violence interventions in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, United States and New Zealand (2012).
A study of the children of prisoners: findings from Māori data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2011 This study reports on the Māori data collected as part of a research project on the children of prisoners carried out in 2009 and 2010, for…
Human Rights and Prisons Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2011 This literature review examines human rights issues relating to New Zealand prisons, primarily in relation to the period 2004-2010. The period has been one of significant…
Reconviction Rates of Sex Offenders: Five year follow-up study Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 The current study is intended to assist the Department of Corrections in meeting its strategic objectives regarding the management and rehabilitation of offenders. It provides straightforward…
Justice Sector Forecast 2010-2020: Criminal justice forecasts Last Publication Date: 30 Sep 2010 The forecast represents a key instrument for strategic planning within the justice sector. This forecast was prepared by the Justice Sector Strategy Group of the Ministry…
Health in Justice: Improving the health of prisoners and their families and whānau Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 The report outlines the nature and extent of prisoners' poor health, the contribution community health status makes to poor prisoner health and to imprisonment, the negative…
Tuberculosis Case Management in Prisoners Last Publication Date: 02 Apr 2010 The publication provides guidance for the staff of corrections facilities (prisons), public health services and clinical TB services in New Zealand, to enable them to carry…
Criminalisation of Cartel Behaviour Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This paper considers the case for criminalisation of hard-core cartel behaviour. Two frameworks are applied for considering the issue: retributive justice and deterrence (so as to…
The Health of Prisoners' Families Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 A qualitative research project examining the effects that a family member being in prison has on the health of prisoners' families in New Zealand The report describes: family…
