Evaluation of the Whānau Ora Wellbeing Service of Te Whakaruruhau : final report
Neville Robertson, Bridgette Masters, Catherine Lane, Ann Tapara, Catherine Corbett, Rebekah Graham, Jessica Gosche, Ayla Jenkins & Thea King. Hamilton : Māori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2013.
Report - PDF (88 p.)
Summary
Te Whakaruruhau Māori Women's Refuge has been providing safe housing, support and advocacy to women and children for over two decades and has become a key agency in family violence networks in Kirikiriroa. The development of the Whānau Ora Wellbeing Service, the focus of this evaluation, was a logical extension of Refuge services as Te Whakaruruhau broadened its interventions from an initial focus on safe housing to advocacy...
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The changing nature of family violence interventions
Ken McMaster.  Te Awatea Violence Research Centre, 2012
Te Awatea Review, 10(1&2): 8-12
Summary
This paper describes the changing nature of interventions with men who use abusive practices within their families. One-size-fits-all is now questioned as an approach to effective change. This paper brings together thinking that can better inform intervention including newer models ...
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Childhood sexual abuse and adult developmental outcomes : findings from a 30-year longitudinal study in New Zealand
David M. Fergusson, Geraldine F.H. McLeod, L. John Horwood. Elsevier, 2013
Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(9): 664-674
Summary
Data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study examined to investigate adverse adult developmental outcomes of childhood sexual abuse...Read abstract
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Exploring risk factors for suicidal ideation in a population-based sample of New Zealand women who have experienced intimate partner violence
Pauline Gulliver and Janet Fanslow. Public Health Association of Australia, 2013
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, online first
Summary
The authors explore factors associated with suicidal thoughts among women who had experienced intimate partner violence, using data from the New Zealand replication of the WHO Multi-country Violence Against Women study... Read abstract
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Gender violence : using culture as a resource in the process of decolonisaton
Susan D. Rose. Te Awatea Violence Research centre, 2012
Te Awatea Review, 10(1&2): 3-7
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This paper examines the situation of both Native Americans and Māori who today have the highest rates of sexual and domestic violence in their respective countries. Abuse, however, is not traditional within these communities.  Culture may be an effective resource in a bid to reduce violence against women and children...
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'I couldn't even dress the way I wanted.' Young women talk of 'ownership' by boyfriends : an opportunity for the prevention of domestic violence?
Alison J. Towns and Hazel Scott. Sage, 2013
Feminism & Psychology, 2013, online first
Summary
In this paper, the authors document and theorise 'ownership' practices in young people's intimate relationships and discuss the parallels with domestic violence. Ten young New Zealand women engaged in focus group discussions... Read abstract
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Incorporating change information into sexual offender risk assessments using the Violence Risk Scale - Sexual Offender version
Mark E. Oliver, Sarah M. Beggs Christofferson, Randolf C. Grace and Stephen C.P. Wong. Sage, 2013
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, online first
Summary
This study examined the use of risk-change information in sexual offender risk assessments featuring the Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offender version (VRS-SO), a sex offender risk assessment and treatment planning tool. Two samples, 218 offenders in the Kia Marama Sex Offender Treatment Program in New Zealand and 321 offenders in the Clearwater Sex Offender Program in Canada were combined for this analysis ... Read abstract


Peer support : reframing the journey of living experience of domestic violence
Lesley Campbell and Claire Gray with Beryl Brogden. Te Awatea Research Centre, 2012
Te Awatea Review, 10(1&2): 18-22
Summary
In 2011, Aviva (at the time known as Christchurch Women's Refuge) commissioned the Te Awatea Violence Research Centre to assemble an evidence-base to inform the design, development and implementation of a systematic model of specialist peer support for men and women with lived experience of domestic violence...
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The safety of young children in care : a New Zealand study
Marie Connolly, Irene de Haan, Jonelle Crawford.  Sage, 2013
Adoption & Fostering, 37(3): 284-296
Summary
This article explores the research relating to the safety of young children in care and reports on a five-year follow-up study of 228 New Zealand children who entered care when under two years of age in 2005... Read abstract
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