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1/09/2016
Sex offender treatment for adults results in lower rates of recorded sexual reoffending. There is robust international evidence that sex offender treatment for adults is can reduce sexual reoffending against children and adults.
1/11/2017
International and NZ evidence shows that treatment for adolescents with harmful sexual behaviour reduces their offending in future.
1/04/2016
Restorative Justice is a process where offenders and victims meet to discuss the impact of the offence on the victim and how to right the wrong.
1/09/2016
Measures to prevent repeat burglary are effective at reducing crime when targeted at the households at the greatest risk of revictimisation.
1/09/2016
Scared Straight or ‘Juvenile Awareness’ programmes involve taking at-risk youth on tours of adult prisons to be warned off a life of crime.
1/09/2017
International evidence concludes that alcohol ignition interlocks reduce drink driving reoffending while installed in offenders’ vehicles. However, the evidence for an ongoing effect on reoffending after the removal of an interlock is mixed.
1/06/2017
There is some international research which shows that supervision for offenders released from prison reduces reoffending, however, New Zealand evidence is limited.
1/04/2016
There is conflicting evidence on whether out-of-school care and recreation can reduce crime. International research shows very mixed results and no consistency in positive results.
1/04/2017
Outdoor programmes, such as Outward Bound, produce short-term reductions in criminal behaviour for adolescent offenders. The New Zealand evidence for reduced reoffending is mixed.
1/06/2017
High coverage CCTV is effective at reducing crime in car parks when used with other interventions such as improved light, notices about CCTV, painting, fencing, payment schemes and security.
