Tough is Not Enough - Getting Smart about Youth Crime (2000)
A review by the Ministry of Youth Affairs (June 2000) of research on what works to reduce offending by young people. This document is only available online.
Offending by young people is of great concern to New Zealanders, particularly given the perception that serious and violent offending by young people is increasing.
This literature review sets out to answer the question "what works to reduce crime by young people?"
As well as describing the interventions which the best research shows are effective, the review goes beyond this to identify the broad principles that underpin successful interventions.