TY - SER AU - van Rensburg, Jim TI - The dawn of Circles of Support & Accountability in New Zealand PY - 2012/// PB - Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand KW - Te Piriti Special Treatment Unit KW - Circles of Support & Accountability (CoSA) KW - JUSTICE KW - MENTAL HEALTH KW - PRISONERS KW - PROBATION KW - RECIDIVISM KW - REHABILITATION KW - SEX OFFENDERS KW - TREATMENT KW - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE KW - NEW ZEALAND KW - UNITED KINGDOM KW - CANADA N1 - Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2012, 4(2): 30-35 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=032330761147853;res=IELHEA> ISSN: 1833-8488 ER -