Publications and background information
Here you'll find a collection of useful resources and publications regarding the Drivers of Crime.
- Background papers
- Cabinet Papers
- Drivers of Crime Ministerial Meeting
- Proceedings
- Submissions
- Strategic Policy Briefs
Background papers
- Addressing the Drivers of Crime: $10 million investment package to reduce harm from alcohol and drug abuse
- Maternity and Early Parenting Support Working Paper: Who is vulnerable or hard-to-reach in the provision of maternity, Well Child and early parenting support services?
- Addressing the Drivers of Crime: Background Information
- Background paper: Improving information-sharing, inter-agency co-ordination and case management to address the drivers of crime
Cabinet Papers
- June 2011: Addressing the Drivers of Crime June 2011 Report Back
- June 2011: Addressing the Drivers of Crime June 2011 Report Back - Appendix
- June 2011: Addressing the Drivers of Crime June 2011 - Cabinet Minute
- December 2010: Addressing the Drivers of Crime: Progress and Results (PDF, 2.2 Mb)
- December 2010: Progress and Results: Appendix One (PDF, 1 Mb)
- December 2010: Progress and Results: Appendix Two (PDF 952, KB)
- December 2010: Progress and Results: Appendix Three (PDF, 811 KB)
- December 2010: Cabinet Minute - Addressing the Drivers of Crime - Progress and Opportunities (PDF, 39 KB)
- Alcohol law reform (PDF, 1.34 Mb)
- June 2010: Addressing the Drivers of Crime: First Six-monthly Report on Progress and Results (PDF, 2.33 KB)
- June 2010: Appendix A: Addressing the Drivers of Crime: First Six-monthly Report on Progress and Results (PDF, 221 KB)
- June 2010: Cabinet Minute - SOC Min (10) 17/2 - Addressing the Drivers of Crime: First Six-monthly Report on Progress and Results (PDF, 149 KB)
- November 2009: Addressing the Drivers of Crime Cabinet Paper (PDF, 3.27Mb)
Drivers of Crime Ministerial Meeting
Proceedings
The proceedings documents reflect the discussions at the Drivers of Crime Ministerial Meeting. The proceedings documents reflect the discussions at the meeting. Note that the views expressed in these documents do not represent Government policy.
- Drivers of Crime Ministerial Meeting: Full Proceedings (PDF, 1.4Mb)
- Drivers of Crime Ministerial Meeting: Summary of Proceedings (PDF, 1.1Mb)
Submissions
The participants of the meeting and general public were encouraged to make submissions on the topics discussed at the meeting. Download the Summary of Submissions below:
Strategic Policy Briefs
Below is a series of Strategic Policy Briefs that provide background information on the Drivers of Crime.
Each brief focuses on a specific theme that has formed part of the debate on the underlying drivers of criminal offending. These are for background reading only and by no means provide an exhaustive account of the literature on the drivers of crime.
- Risk factors and causal mechanisms for offending (PDF, 105Kb)
- Biological risk factors for involvement in crime (PDF, 82Kb)
- Social risk factors for involvement in crime (PDF, 79Kb)
- Theories of the causes of crime (PDF, 86Kb)
- Māori over-representation in the criminal justice system (PDF, 200Kb)
- Māori at risk of crime: some factors (PDF, 195Kb)
- Major trends in criminal justice and their cumulative effect (PDF, 275Kb)
