- Study Results: Restorative Justice
- Working with Local Government
- Two Reports: NZ Cultural Sector
- Economists' Conference Papers
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Study Results: Restorative Justice
Most victims who took part in court-referred restorative justice benefited from the process, according to an evaluation released by the Ministry of Justice. Court-referred restorative justice conferences were piloted in District Courts in Waitakere, Auckland, Hamilton and Dunedin. The evaluation covered cases between February 2002 and February 2003.
The evaluation found that 92 percent of victims who had taken part in a restorative justice conference were pleased they had done so. Most said that their offender understood how they felt, had been made accountable, and had shown the victim that they were sorry for the offending. Preliminary results in the evaluation also show a small, but statistically significant, reduction in re-offending rates for offenders that took part in a restorative justice conference (32 percent, compared with 36 percent).
These results, which measured re-offending a year after the conference, will be followed up with a further study of re-offending at two years, which should be available later this year.
The report "NZ Court-Referred Restorative Justice Pilot: Evaluation" is available online at www.justice.govt.nz |
Working with Local Government
The Ministry of Social development (MSD) has developed a practical guide called "The Good Practice Guide for Working with Local Government: Ministry of Social Development's Contributions to Community Outcomes Processes". The community outcomes process is a forum where managers in central and local government, mayors and business and non-governmental organisation leaders can share ideas. The guide provides:
- information about local government and the community outcomes process;
- practical suggestions on how to contribute to the process and examples of MSD contributions;
- principles and tips for collaborative work; and
- useful websites, resources and contacts.
Copies of the guide are online at www.msd.govt.nz |
Two Reports: NZ Cultural Sector
The updated report, "Government Spending on Culture 2000-2004", shows that central government spending on culture, when adjusted for inflation, has increased 73 percent in the last 14 years with spending of $388 million in the year 1990/91 rising to $675 million in 2003/04. The second report, "Employment in the Cultural Sector", based on census figures, shows the number of people in paid cultural employment rose by 17 percent from 1996 to 2001.
The reports can be downloaded from www.mch.govt.nz |
Economists' Conference Papers
The NZ Association of Economists' (NZAE) annual conference was held from 29 June to 1 July. Statistics NZ presented a range of papers at the conference, including:
- Life in a rural paradise?: Work, knowledge and skills in urban and rural NZ;
- The 2006 Consumers Price Index Revision Programme;
- Redevelopment of the prescription medicines component of the Consumers Price Index;
- Investigation of NZ's inward Foreign Affiliate Trade Statistics (FATS) using existing data sources;
- Ultimate sources and destinations of NZ's direct investment;
- Measuring central and local government finances; and
- ANZSIC 2006: Redefining industry for the 21st century.
To view the papers, see: http://www.stats.govt.nz/about-us/events/NZAE-conf-2005.htm |
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