The dawn of Circles of Support & Accountability in New Zealand

van Rensburg, Jim

The dawn of Circles of Support & Accountability in New Zealand Jim van Rensburg - Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2012 - Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand .

Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2012, 4(2): 30-35

This paper describes the introduction of Circles of Support & Accountability programme in New Zealand. CoSA is a reintegration mechanism for high-risk child sex offenders. The aim of this paper is to review the early development of CoSA in New Zealand, to briefly compare it to CoSA in Canada and the United Kingdom and to consider its future use in New Zealand. CoSA in New Zealand is also discussed in Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal (#4801) and The Listener (4802). Record #4800


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Circles of Support & Accountability (CoSA)
JUSTICE
MENTAL HEALTH
PRISONERS
PROBATION
RECIDIVISM
REHABILITATION
SEX OFFENDERS
TREATMENT
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE


NEW ZEALAND
UNITED KINGDOM
CANADA