TY - BOOK AU - Bakker,Leon AU - Hudson,Stephen AU - Wales,David AU - Riley,David AU - Westaway,Jane ED - Department of Corrections | Ara Poutama Aotearoa TI - And there was light: evaluating the Kia Marama treatment programme for New Zealand sex offenders against children SN - 0478113021 U1 - 365.66 AND PY - 1998/// CY - Christchurch PB - Dept. of Corrections KW - FVC KW - SEX OFFENDERS KW - TREATMENT KW - CHILD ABUSE KW - SEXUAL VIOLENCE KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - nz N2 - 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 UR - http://www.corrections.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/176423/kiamarama.pdf ER -