Outcome Evaluation of Police Youth at Risk Programmes - July 1997 to June 2000 Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2002 The Government’s 1994 crime prevention strategy identified seven goals, one of which specified the establishment of preventative programmes targeted at “youth at risk” of offending. As…
International comparisons of recorded violent crime rates for 2000 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2002 This paper compares the rate of recorded violent crime in New Zealand to rates of violent crime for a range of other western countries. Information regarding…
The Domestic Violence 1995 Act 42 day ‘rules’, and the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989 60 day ‘rule’ Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2002 The Department for Courts commissioned research to investigate the reasons why the 42 day ‘rule’ in the Domestic Violence Act 1995 (DVA) and the 60 day…
Reconviction and reimprisonment rates for released prisoners Last Publication Date: 01 May 2002 There is considerable interest in reoffending by released prisoners. This paper presents information on the prior and post conviction histories of the 22,340 inmates released from…
Evaluating the contribution Last Publication Date: 01 May 2002 Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 12-18. This paper reports on the first stage in the ongoing development of an evaluation framework which will provide a basis…
A fous on employment retention: A meta analysis of three pilot programmes designed to support benefit recipients to take-up and retain employment Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2002 The barriers associated with employment retention, for people moving off benefit and into paid work, are well documented in the New Zealand and international literature and…
Evaluating the February 1999 Domestic Purposes Benefit and Widows Benefit Reforms: Summary of key findings Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2002 This paper reports on the findings of the evaluation and monitoring strategy that focused on policy reforms for Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) and Widows Benefit (WB)…
Medication Issues in counties Manukau Mental Health Services Last Publication Date: 31 Jan 2002 A 2001 study (Abas, Vanderpyl et al. 2001) identified medication problems as a major reason for admission into hospital. In response, this 2004 study examined stakeholder…
Evaluation of Programmes for Māori Adult Protected Persons under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 The Domestic Violence Act 1995 provides programmes for people whose lives are affected by domestic violence and who are protected by Protection Orders. The Programmes for…
Pathways over the transition to schools: Studies in family literacy practices and effective classroom concepts for Māori and Pasifika children Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 Two outcomes of research and development are described in this report. One is the development of a set of resources suitable for family literacy education. The…