PART 11: OTHER RESEARCH
OTHER RESEARCH
Alcohol research
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors (Ministry of Health)
Funded by: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
Method: Literature review, survey of researchers
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Directory of New Zealand alcohol research and researchers, 1990-1995
Author(s): Middleton, Lesley and Ian Hodges
Completed: YES, 1996
Availability: ISSN 0073-8618
Description: To provide a detailed overview of alcohol research in New Zealand. Survey of researchers, literature etc. Very detailed, including much out of the way material. A resource to guide ALAC's policy on research and development of a national strategic plan for research on alcohol.
Keywords: alcohol, health
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OTHER RESEARCH
Developing research for policy use
RESEARCH
Done by: Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of Justice
Method: Quantitative study, research development
Status: YES
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Researching for relevance: the Family Court project
Author(s): Leibrich, Julie
Completed: YES
Availability: In Seminar series on social research: 1985 proceedings. 1986. Wellington: Social Sciences Research Fund Committee
Description: A discussion of the development of a research project, explaining choice of information sources and attempts to link research design to later policy etc.
Keywords: courts, methodology, policy development
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OTHER RESEARCH
Linking research and policy
RESEARCH
Done by: Ministry of justice
Funded by: N/A
Method: Qualitative study
Status: YES
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: The chasm between research, policy and practice
Author(s): Leibrich, Julie
Completed: YES
Availability: Invited keynote address, Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, June 1995. Contact Public Health Association.
Description: Research can help policy develop on a sound basis. It can examine old ideas, explore new ones and evaluate policy initiatives. Yet often, there is a rift between research and policy units. Policy makers tend to think research takes too long and is too vague. Researchers tend to think policy makers ignore their work. This looks at some of the communication and planning problems involved in the research-policy link and suggests ways to overcome them.
Keywords: methodology, policy development, system efficiency/effectiveness
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OTHER RESEARCH
Methodology of follow-up studies
RESEARCH
Done by: Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of Justice
Method: Literature review, developmental
Status: YES
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Improving the success rate in follow-up studies with former offenders
Author(s): Leibrich, Julie
Completed: YES
Availability: Evaluation Review: A Journal of Applied Social Research, 1994; 18:613-26.
Description: Studies of former offenders are few and far between. Partly, this is because of the difficulties of research in such a sensitive area, such as: deciding how to sample, persuading them to take part in the research, creating conditions for honesty, protecting both the participants and the researcher, establishing the conditions of the interview, making the research have value for the participants, recording and analysing complex and sensitive data, and caring for and sharing the findings. This article describes how a success rate of 78% was achieved in a study of desistance from crime in which a sample of 50 people last sentenced to supervision and conviction free for 3 years were interviewed. The methodology designed for this work used some orthodox techniques but also crossed some boundaries into the unorthodox. The researcher took many calculated risks, and had to develop extensive networks to get support and co-operation for this study. It was also important that the methodology was strong and transparent as the research was conducted for a government department where qualitative research is sometimes dismissed as anecdotal. The full methodology therefore was published as part of the resulting book and was later used as a university teaching text for qualitative methodology.
Keywords: criminal behaviour, methodology, recidivism, sentence administration
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OTHER RESEARCH
Pitfalls in crime research
RESEARCH
Done by: Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of justice
Method: Literature review, qualitative study
Status: YES
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Pitfalls in criminal justice evaluation research: sampling, measurement, and design problems
Author(s): Leibrich, Julie
Completed: YES
Availability: Federal Probation: a Journal of Correctional Philosophy and Practice, September 1986; L(3):31-5. See also Pitfalls and problems in evaluation research, Leibrich, Julie. In Proceedings of the Pacific Statistical Congress - 1985. Francis, I.S., B.F.J. Manly and F.C. Lam (Eds), 1985. Amsterdam: North Holland
Description: There are many pitfalls and problems in evaluation research. This paper focuses on some of the more common problems in sampling, measurement and design and draws on examples from recent research in the area of justice in New Zealand.
Keywords: crime statistics, methodology, sentencing effectiveness
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OTHER RESEARCH
Public attitudes towards crime and criminal justice
RESEARCH
Done by: Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of Justice
Method: Literature review
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Public attitudes towards crime and criminal justice
Author(s): Lee, Angela
Completed: YES
Availability: Criminal Justice Quarterly, 1994; 8
Description: A review of overseas and New Zealand research on public attitudes towards crime, offenders and the criminal justice system.
Keywords: attitudes, criminal behaviour, offenders, criminal justice system
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OTHER RESEARCH
Psychologists and the law
RESEARCH
Done by: New Zealand Psychological Society
Funded by: -
Method: Development of practice guidelines
Status: [Completed]
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: The practice of psychology and the law: a handbook
Author(s): Maxwell, G.M., F. Seymour and P.M. Vincent (Eds)
Completed: YES
Availability: 2nd edition, Wellington:
New Zealand Psychological Society, 1996. 230pp.
ISBN 0-473 015692
Description: Brings together various guidelines useful to psychologists practising in law-related areas.
Keywords: adjudication, courts, prosecution, psychology, sentencing, sexual abuse, witnesses, youth
Notes: 1st edition, 1992, G. Maxwell (Ed.) 79pp.
