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And there was light : evaluating the Kia Marama treatment programme for New Zealand sex offenders against children Bakker, Leon; Hudson, Stephen; Wales, David; Riley, David; Westaway, Jane; (eds.)

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Christchurch Dept. of Corrections 1998Description: 35 p. ; computer file : PDF (282Kb)ISBN:
  • 0478113021
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365.66 AND
Online resources: Summary: This report presents an evaluation of the Kia Marama treatment programme for child sex offenders. The Kia Marama programme connects cognitive and behavioural factors to offending, and uses this as the basis for a relapse prevention approach to treatment of sex offenders. Kia Marama aims to have the offender understand the origins and impacts of their offending. Kia Marama was found to be effective, illustrated through a comparison with a control group of child sex offenders not involved with the programme. Demographic and statistical information provide a comparative analysis between Kia Marama participants and the control group, and link reconviction rates with economic data. The research estimates the economic savings from 238 offenders completing the Kia Marama programme to be in the region of
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This report presents an evaluation of the Kia Marama treatment programme for child sex offenders. The Kia Marama programme connects cognitive and behavioural factors to offending, and uses this as the basis for a relapse prevention approach to treatment of sex offenders. Kia Marama aims to have the offender understand the origins and impacts of their offending. Kia Marama was found to be effective, illustrated through a comparison with a control group of child sex offenders not involved with the programme. Demographic and statistical information provide a comparative analysis between Kia Marama participants and the control group, and link reconviction rates with economic data. The research estimates the economic savings from 238 offenders completing the Kia Marama programme to be in the region of million.

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