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Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice

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…

Research on the New Life Akoranga Programme of the Mahi Tahi Trust

The Mahi Tahi Trust works with prison inmates and their whānau, helping them to change their hearts and minds by discovering and recovering traditional Māori principles,…

Attitudes to Crime and Punishment: A New Zealand Study

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…

The needs of Pacific Peoples when they are victims of crime

This report presents and discusses the findings of a qualitative study of the needs of Pacific peoples who have been victims of three types of crime:…

Guardianship, Custody and Access: Māori Perspectives and Experiences

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…

International comparisons of recorded violent crime rates for 2000

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’

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

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…

Evaluation of Programmes for Māori Adult Protected Persons under the Domestic Violence Act 1995

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…

Survey on public attitudes towards the physical discipline of children

The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Justice to ascertain public attitudes towards the physical discipline of children. This information is to inform ongoing policy…