Social Policy Journal of New Zealand articles

Recent articles from Social Policy Journal of New Zealand

Foreword.(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... This is the 33rd issue of the Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, and it covers a wide range of policy issues and topics. The main themes are family violence, older people, and care and protection issues. This issue also includes papers on programmes for the long-term unemployed, capacity...

Domestic violence and pro-arrest policy.(Essay)
March 1, 2008... Abstract Prior to the 1980s police in New Zealand, as in other Western jurisdictions, tended to adopt a minimalist stance to the treatment of domestic violence, with separation and mediation favoured over arrest. By the late 1960s, however, the "second wave" of the feminist movement had...

"Sticking the boot in"--the role of goal setting in motivation intervation programmes.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Abstract Goals play an essential role in the purposeful behaviour of job seekers, but to date scholars have not been able to communicate this knowledge to the practitioners of motivational intervention programmes. This article will present a conceptual framework for thinking about the...

Co-production in a Maori context.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Abstract In June 2006 six iwi and Maori authorities were engaged by Te Puni Kokiri to participate in a trial to develop an understanding of coproduction (joint development of policy and service delivery to realise shared strategic outcomes) in a Maori context. Co-production reflects a...

Living standards and material conditions of young New Zealand families.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive profile of the personal characteristics and socio-economic circumstances of a cohort of young parents (N = 155) who had full-time care of at least one dependent child at 25 years of age. In addition, we investigated the...