Born to be wild? Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 29-33 Ashley Seaford reveals the implications for practice of conduct disorder
Communication issues in care and protection cases Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 23-28 Sandra Porteous discusses effective communication and collaboration between lawyers and social workers in care and protection proceedings. This article is…
Tobacco use among Year 10 and 12 students in New Zealand: a report on the Global Youth Tobacco Survey data Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2004 This report presents findings from the New Zealand Youth Lifestyle Study 2002 Survey (YLS). The purposes of the survey were to monitor smoking related behaviours and…
Alcohol Use and Tertiary Students in Aotearoa - New Zealand Last Publication Date: 20 Jun 2004 This report looks at the limited number of New Zealand tertiary student alcohol use studies that have been undertaken. This report covers four studies: two at Waikato University and…
Evaluation of the Target Hardening Pilot Programme Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2004 The Target Hardening Programme (THP) was developed by the Ministry of Justice to provide increased home security and at the same time provide burglary prevention information.…
Internet Traders of Child Pornography and other Censorship Offenders in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2004 The main purpose of the current research was to develop a tool for the collection of information about CCU offenders. Obviously, such a tool would need…
The Way We Drink : the Current Attitudes and Behaviours of New Zealanders (aged 12 plus) Towards Drinking Alcohol Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2004 Reports findings of a survey of New Zealanders aged 12 years or more, identifying their motivating and inhibiting behaviours around the consumption of alcohol.
Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2004 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…
Obstacles to Action - A Study of New Zealanders' Physical Activity and Nutrition Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2003 In 2003, SPARC (now Sport NZ) and the New Zealand Cancer Society undertook a study of more than 8,000 New Zealanders to find out about motivators and barriers…
Attitudes to Crime and Punishment: A New Zealand Study Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2003 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…