Fraud awareness, prevention, and detection in the public sector Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Until recently, most surveys on fraud in New Zealand focused on the private sector. In 2011, I commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to carry out a survey on…
Trends in conviction and sentencing in New Zealand 2011 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2012 This report presents key trends in the Conviction and Sentencing Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice and Statistics New Zealand. It covers the calendar years…
New Zealand Police Workplace Survey results 2012 Last Publication Date: 27 Apr 2012 Over the past few years the NZ Police Workplace Survey has helped provide valuable insight into the climate of our organisation. It has provided a focus…
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 Sentence Patterns in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Community Sentence Patterns in New Zealand (published April 2012) investigates the reasons why there are relatively high volumes of offenders on community sentences in New Zealand…
Legal aid: Evaluation of reforms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The Ministry of Justice is evaluating the implementation and impact of the reforms to the legal aid system that have been progressively implemented since 2009. The…
Tai Aroha Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 A formative evaluation of the 'Tai Aroha' residential community-based programme for high-risk offenders (2012). Since October 2007, the number of community-based sentencing options available to the judiciary…
Formative evaluation of Neighbourhood Policing Teams in Counties Manukau District Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This report presents a summary of findings from formative evaluation of Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs) in Counties Manukau District. The focus of this formative evaluation has…
Police Safety Orders Formative Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 Police safety orders (PSOs) were introduced by the Domestic Violence Amendment Act 2009 and provided the New Zealand Police with the power to issue and serve…
Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST) Reports Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 These reports look into the assessment and validation of the Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST). The first report responds to a request by the New Zealand…