Death and serious injury from assault of children aged under 5 years in Aotearoa New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009 The review brings together the findings of international studies. The main finding is that young children who experience serious injury or death come from a small…
Safer Whānau Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009 As a member of both the Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence and the Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Te Puni Kōkiri completed two…
Background of students in Alternative Education: Interviews with a selected 2008 cohort Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009 This report presents the findings from a research project carried out in 2008 on the educational histories and pathways of alternative education (A.E.) students in New…
Results from the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 Results from the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 describes the health status of sentenced prisoners in New Zealand, using a range of indicators from a national survey…
Evaluation of Only in the Club 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 "Only in the Club" was an initiative that used a portion of funding supplied by the Ministry of Justice to Franklin District Council for the development…
A balanced approach to youth justice: Strengths-based practice, appreciative inquiry and the group consult tool Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 30-36. Youth justice practitioners are well aware of a tension between practice approaches that elicit strengths and resources of young people…
Improving interventions to reduce violent offending by young people in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 18-23. Young people who commit violent offences damage their victims, the community, their families and themselves. This article summarises work undertaken…
Supporting the rights of young people in youth justice: An analysis of cross-sectoral responses Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 24-29. The topic of human rights, particularly the rights of people who commit offences against others, generates intense and sometimes heated…
Refugee Resettlement: A literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This international literature review on refugee resettlement policy, completed in November 2007, provides part of the information platform for progressing a multi-year, cross-departmental research project being…
Race Relations in 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This is the fifth annual review of race relations in New Zealand. Its purpose is to record the major events, issues and developments of the past…
