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International and NZ evidence shows that treatment for adolescents with harmful sexual behaviour reduces their offending in the future. The most promising kind of treatment is targeted at the specific needs of the adolescent, their family, and their social environment.
Correctional alcohol and drug treatment is effective at reducing offending and also has positive broader social outcomes. The treatment is most effective when targeted at people at high risk of reoffending, and tends to be less effective for reducing offending among adolescents, but still useful reducing substance use. Demand is now largely being met limiting the need to further investment.
International evidence concludes that alcohol ignition interlocks reduce drink driving reoffending while installed in offenders’ vehicles. However, the evidence for an ongoing effect on reoffending after the removal of an interlock is mixed.
Compulsory Breath Testing is effective at reducing traffic crashes. It is also effective for uncovering offences such as disqualified driving and drug offending, and can deter repeat drink driving. International evidence suggests it could be cost effective to increase enforcement.Compulsory breath testing at checkpoints reduced traffic crashes causing injury by 19% and fatal crashes by 15%. There is unmet demand in rural areas.
International evidence of the effectiveness Family Violence Perpetrator Treatment is mixed, but the Department of Corrections has been successful with its programmes for these offenders.
Culture-based interventions can improve participants’ cultural knowledge and sense of identity, and promote positive attitude and behavioural changes. There is not enough evidence to determine the effectiveness of culture-based interventions in reducing re-offending. Further research is needed.Culture-based interventions are distinct from culturally adapted interventions – culture-based interventions have a primary focus on cultural learning and identity, while culturally adapted interventions a...
Early intervention for children under 13 can reduce teenage and adult offending. It can also improve children’s intellectual development, academic achievement and health.
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy reduces reoffending among many groups of offenders. There is great potential in extending this treatment to more young offenders.
Transitional Housing involves providing short-term housing for people who are homeless, who may have particular needs, and often also transitioning back into the community (e.g. from a prison or mental health facility). There is some evidence that transitional housing can reduce crime. Evidence suggests that transitional housing is particularly effective alongside other reintegrative services. Transitional housing reduces crime among serious violent offenders, but the evidence is less clear for ...
High coverage CCTV is effective at reducing crime in car parks when used with other interventions such as improved light, notices about CCTV, painting, fencing, payment schemes and security. The international evidence suggests that CCTV when used in combination with other interventions can reduce crime in car parks by up to 54% when there is high coverage. There is conflicting evidence that CCTV alone as a general widespread crime prevent measure can reduce crime.
Most international research suggests that family-based interventions are effective at reducing offending among teenagers. This is very important as a small group of youth offenders are likely to continue offending in adulthood.Family based interventions are: (a) programmes that attempt to strengthen parents’ parenting skills and (b) approaches that aim to improve functioning in multiple domains of a teenager’s life (family, peer group, school and / or community).
A good behaviour bond is a court order which imposes certain conditions on an offender for a period of time. If they break these conditions they may be called to appear before a court. It is not yet established whether these court orders reduce reoffending. A few studies have found that longer bonds may result in a small reduction in reoffending.