TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paulin, Judy
AU  - Mossman, Elaine
AU  - Weihipeihana, Nan
AU  - Lennan, Michelle
AU  - Kaiwai, Hector
AU  - Carswell, Sue
TI  - An evaluation of the Ministry of Justice-funded domestic violence programmes
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Wellington, New Zealand : 
PB  - Ministry of Justice, 
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - EVALUATION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - SAFETY
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Report released 20 February 2019
N2  - A report commissioned by the Ministry of Justice into its family violence safety and non-violence programmes has found they are effective in reducing reoffending and helping victims to feel safer.

The Ministry commissioned the report early last year to examine the programmes which have been offered to victims and perpetrators of family violence since 2014. The report captures useful insights about what helps and hinders participants, including what enables a positive outcome for Māori whānau.

Some key findings of the report were:

- Non-violence programmes reduced reoffending in participant offenders;
- Non-violence programmes had a positive effect on participants and their whānau, including helping them understand their personal triggers and teaching them self-control;
- Participants in safety programmes felt safer and their mental health, self-confidence and sense of self-worth improved;
- Skilled facilitators were critical to participants’ successfully engaging in a programme; 
- Cultural knowledge, values, tools and practice models produced positive outcomes for Māori;
- Most participants in non-violence programmes completed them. 
The report also found ways the programmes could be improved including:

- Improve child victims’ access to the safety programmes;
- Improve access to joint counselling services for couples who want to stay together;
- Independent oversight of the training of programme providers and family violence practitioners;
- Specialist training for interpreters.

The Ministry plans to use the report’s findings to improve the programmes. (From the website). Record #6171
UR  - https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Domestic-violence-prog-evaluation-report-Nov2018.pdf
UR  - https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/evaluation-of-domestic-violence-programmes
ER  -