The dawn of Circles of Support & Accountability in New Zealand Jim van Rensburg
By: van Rensburg, Jim
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ArticleSeries: Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand.Publisher: Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2012Subject(s): Circles of Support & Accountability (CoSA) | JUSTICE | MENTAL HEALTH | PRISONERS | PROBATION | RECIDIVISM | REHABILITATION | SEX OFFENDERS | TREATMENT | NEW ZEALAND | UNITED KINGDOM | Te Piriti Special Treatment Unit | CANADA | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSEOnline resources: Read the abstract
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Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2012, 4(2): 30-35Summary: This paper describes the introduction of Circles of Support & Accountability programme in New Zealand. CoSA is a reintegration mechanism for high-risk child sex offenders. The aim of this paper is to review the early development of CoSA in New Zealand, to briefly compare it to CoSA in Canada and the United Kingdom and to consider its future use in New Zealand. CoSA in New Zealand is also discussed in Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal (#4801) and The Listener (4802). Record #4800
Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2012, 4(2): 30-35
This paper describes the introduction of Circles of Support & Accountability programme in New Zealand. CoSA is a reintegration mechanism for high-risk child sex offenders. The aim of this paper is to review the early development of CoSA in New Zealand, to briefly compare it to CoSA in Canada and the United Kingdom and to consider its future use in New Zealand. CoSA in New Zealand is also discussed in Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal (#4801) and The Listener (4802). Record #4800
