Family violence and sexual violence research

Our research programme is improving the evidence-base on family violence and sexual violence so we understand the experience of court participants and what works to improve outcomes.

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Research reports 

Progression of reported sexual assaults through the criminal justice system 2017 to 2023 - annual monitoring report (August 2024) [PDF, 500 KB]

Progression of reported sexual assaults through the criminal justice system - Diagram (August 2024) [PDF, 159 KB]

Previous research 

Progression and attrition of reported sexual violence victimisations in the criminal justice system 2017 to 2023 - annual monitoring report (August 2023) [PDF, 335 KB]

Attrition and progression of reported sexual violence victimisations in the criminal justice system 2017 to 2022 - annual monitoring report (March 2023)  [PDF, 304 KB]

Attrition and progression of reported sexual violence victimisations in the criminal justice system (2019)

Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence: victims experiences (2018) [PDF, 1.6 MB]

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Factsheets

Non-fatal strangulation/suffocation in New Zealand (2024) [PDF, 269 KB]

Adults reporting sexual assaults to Police that they experienced as children (2024) [PDF, 135 KB]

Child victims of sexual violence in the criminal justice system (2023) [PDF, 191 KB]

The number of people impacted by family violence over time (2022) [PDF, 178 KB]

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Evaluations

Evaluation of Whanau Protect (National Home Safety Service) 2022 [PDF, 1.6 MB]

Sexual Violence Operational Improvements (Justice Response) Report Executive Summary 2022 [PDF, 396 KB]

Evaluation of Family Violence Courts - final report (2021) [PDF, 2 MB]

Family Violence Bail (FVB) pilot evaluation - final report (2019) [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Sexual Violence Court Pilot Evaluation (2019)(external link)

Evaluation of the Ministry of Justice-funded Domestic Violence Programmes (2018)

Integrated Safety Response (ISR)

  • Evaluation of the family violence Integrated Safety Response pilot: Phase II – Years 2 & 3 (2019)
  • What’s working for Māori? A Kaupapa Māori perspective on the responsiveness of the Integrated Safety Response pilot to Māori (2019)
  • Integrated Safety Response (ISR) Kaupapa Māori evaluation (snapshot)
  • Integrated Safety Response (ISR) evaluation: emerging findings
  • Integrated Safety Response (ISR) evaluation (snapshot)

ISR evaluations

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Justice Statistics data tables

  • Justice Statistics data tables – notes and trends
  • Sexual offences
  • Family violence offences
  • Family Court applications
  • Protection Order applications

Justice statistics data tables

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Evidence briefs

  • Therapeutic interventions for victims of Intimate Partner Violence
  • Adolescent sex offender treatment
  • Family violence perpetrator treatment

Evidence briefs(external link)

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Older research, evaluation and analysis relating to family (domestic) violence and sexual violence can also be found using the Publication Finder.

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