Offender Group Work

Breaking cycles of offending behaviour is a key task of criminal justice jurisdictions. Community-based agencies are also significant players in supporting reintegration as well as desistance to crime. Having tools to manage risk as well as reducing the influence of crime producing factors, while building resilience and protective factors is what the work is all about.

Information & activity sheets

• Building motivation to take on new ideas (PDF .5mb)
• Checking in on our client relationships (PDF .4mb)
• Encouraging motivation to change questionnaire (PDF .3mb)
• Theories to explain offending behaviour (PDF .5mb)
• What influences people to offend (PDF .4mb)

Media

• Ken McMaster talks about offender engagement (Video 17:27)

Further reading

• Culture and offender rehabilitation in New Zealand – Implications for programme delivery and development (PDF .1mb)
• Interventions for women offenders (PDF .1mb)
• The changing nature of interventions (PDF .1mb)
• Youth offenders (PDF .1mb)