Cyberspace and young people: Barbara Staniforth, Elizabeth Butterfield and John Fenaughty detail recent developments in technology and their potential impact on children, young people and their families Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 4-11. Technology is changing society at an increasing pace and social work has made good use of advances in technology in…
Inquiry Report: The Treasury: Capability to recognise and respond to issues for Māori Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006 The Treasury, and other public service departments, need to be able to respond effectively to the Government’s social and economic goals for Māori. This is particularly the…
Justice Sector Forecast 2005-2010: Prison Population Forecasts Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006 This report presents the key points of the 2005 Ministry of Justice Annual Prison Population Forecast: The predicted prison population (male and female). Basic elements of the forecasting…
Benchmarking Study of Home Detention Programs in Australia and New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006 The project was initiated by the National Corrections Advisory Group (NCAG) in response to Corrective Services Administrators’ interest in more in-depth benchmarking analyses than is possible…
Public perceptions of the New Zealand court system and processes Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006 In 1999 the Department for Courts provided ACNielsen with a series of eight statements relating to the New Zealand Court system and processes. In 2000 the…
Christchurch Youth Drug Court Pilot: One year follow-up study Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 The Youth Court is a vital part of the structure created by the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989 to respond to offending by…
New Zealand Police: Dealing with dwelling burglary - follow-up audit Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 Dwelling burglary is a high incidence crime. It significantly affects its many victims, and ranks highly in people's fear of crime in their communities. In 2001, my…
Reducing residential burglary - what can Police do? Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 The Ministry of Justice, in partnership with the New Zealand Police, has conducted research from 2002 to 2004 on the effectiveness of Police practice in reducing…
Race Relations in 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 Race relations continued to be a subject of major public debate in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2005, although the number of people who saw it as…
Ngā Taumatua - Research on literacy practices and language development (Te Reo) in Years 0-1 in Māori medium classrooms Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This report describes three interrelated studies. The studies involve a limited evaluation of a professional support programme in Māori medium, a developmental description of children’s literacy…