The Rotorua Second Chance Community-Managed Restorative Justice Programme: An Evaluation

Judy Paulin and Venezia Kingi - Crime & Justice Research Centre
Tautari Huirama - Te Mauri Te Kore Ltd
with
Barb Lash - Ministry of Justice

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Tables

Figures

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Describing the Rotorua Second Chance Community-Managed Restorative Justice Programme

3 The evaluation methodology

4 Assessing the effectiveness of the programme in meeting its objectives

5 Meeting the principles of best practice for restorative justice processes

6 Contribution of the programme to the partnership between the Government and the Rotorua community

7 Concluding remarks

References

Glossary of Māori terms

Appendix 1: Reconviction analysis

Appendix 2: Key stakeholders’ interview schedule

Appendix 3: Invitation to participants

Appendix 4: Consent form

Appendix 5: Interview schedule – victims

Appendix 6: Interview schedule – offenders

Full report PDF (544Kb)

This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice

First published in January 2005 by the Ministry of Justice

PO Box 180
Wellington
New Zealand

© Crown Copyright

ISBN 0-478-20195-8