News (Media Awareness Project) - New Zealand: Youth Offending Scheme Proves Expensive Failure |
| Title: | New Zealand: Youth Offending Scheme Proves Expensive Failure |
| Published On: | 2006-06-06 |
| Source: | New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 03:09:20 |
YOUTH OFFENDING SCHEME PROVES EXPENSIVE FAILURE
A scheme which spent $15,000 each on 163 young criminals has failed
to reduce their offending.
Results of the three-year pilot of Reducing Youth Offending - which
cost taxpayers $2.4 million - show no difference between those who
participated and a control group of equally bad young offenders. The
scheme is jointly run by the Corrections Department and Child Youth and Family.
The pilot involved social workers working with 14 to 17-year-olds to
identify what motivated their offending.
A revised programme will target high-risk 10-to 14-year-olds.
A scheme which spent $15,000 each on 163 young criminals has failed
to reduce their offending.
Results of the three-year pilot of Reducing Youth Offending - which
cost taxpayers $2.4 million - show no difference between those who
participated and a control group of equally bad young offenders. The
scheme is jointly run by the Corrections Department and Child Youth and Family.
The pilot involved social workers working with 14 to 17-year-olds to
identify what motivated their offending.
A revised programme will target high-risk 10-to 14-year-olds.
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