AProf Armon Tamatea lead a symposium on understanding prison ecologies to prevent prison violence 🔓 with colleagues including Prof Devon Polaschek, AProf Lars Brabyn, Prof Randolph Grace and Prof Michael Daffern at the International Research in Corrections Conference last week 🛡️

Honorary Research Associate Julia Yesberg discussing the relationship between procedural justice and organisational citizenship at the International Research in Corrections Conference 🔁

Honorary Research Associates Ryan Botha and Simon Davies presenting their analysis of the LS/CMI’s predictive accuracy in New Zealand at the International Research in Corrections Conference 🔍

Our PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow Zahra Rennie presenting a poster on her examination of the SDAC-21 case management assessment tool at the International Research in Corrections Conference 📚

Prof Devon Polaschek and AProf Armon Tamatea presenting in a panel on reimagining prisons as safe institutions alongside Karl Goldsbury and Melissa Westin at the International Research in Corrections Conference 🛡️

Our very own @richard100.bsky.social will be presenting Situational Aspects of Homicide: Variations Across Homicide Types for our March Te Puna Haumaru seminar series. Click on the following link to register 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9df042...

Can we really predict lethal family violence? 🎓 In this Te Puna Haumaru seminar, Assoc Prof Benjamin Spivak examines evidence from 40,000+ Victorian cases and questions the limits of lethality risk prediction. ▶️ Watch the recording youtu.be/LqngWYqfTsc?...

Honorary Research Associate and member of The Waikato Cyber Security Research Group (CROW), Dr Vimal Kumar shares his thoughts with the Waikato Times on the Mange My Health hack. Read what he had to say here: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

New article by @lisatompson.bsky.social Beyond ‘what works’: why systematisation matters and what more it can do for the criminal justice evidence base. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Is it possible to predict lethal and non-lethal family violence?This online seminar shares findings from a prospective study of nearly 40,000 family violence reports in Victoria, AUS testing whether commonly used risk factors predict lethal and non-lethal outcomes.🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/57ucmdhf

Never gets old

Not all police callouts are equal. NZ Police’s Dr Sophie Curtis-Ham and Ryan Jones introduced the Police Response Effort Index (PREI) — a new way to measure the time and effort behind crime and demand, alongside Crime Harm Indices. Watch now 👉 youtu.be/41vPw7pQeAI?...

Dr Sophie Curtis-Ham & Ryan Jones from NZ Police join us this month as our seminar speakers on the topic Beyond Crime Counts: Introducing the Police Response Effort Index (PREI). Register to learn more about the PREI & how it can be used to provide additional insights into crime tinyurl.com/zrakaxnj

We're excited to share that Dr @jolliffesimpson.bsky.social has been awarded a @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowship for her research on developing a systematic approach to identifying high-harm perpetrators of family violence 🔍 👏 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social

New research: Auckland’s Safety Hub shows how visibility, trust & cultural grounding can power community-led safety. Partnership policing can work - if coordination, comms & care are built in. Bradley & Tompson (2025) report for CPNZ 👇 researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/server/api/c...

Understanding demographics of victims who experience multiple offence types. Our researchers supported by the MoJ used 5 years of data from the NZCVS within the IDI, to examine poly-victimisation over 12-months. The study helps to better understand who is most at risk and why. Factsheet link below 👇

What do Kiwis think about crime + justice in Aotearoa? At our October seminar, Dr Tadhg Daly & Dr Patrick Neilands (MoJ) unpacked fresh insights from the NZ Crime & Victims Survey (NZCVS). Cycle 7 (2024) covers: fraud + scams, burglary, sexual assault reporting & violent crime. Watch now 👇

WATCH @richard100.bsky.social at the 2025 Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference in Sydney earlier this year presenting research on suspicious accounts contacting adolescents via social media networks 🎥 youtu.be/7GDER16M9Ps?...

📰 Check it out! Our Associate, Dr. Justin Phillips, co-authored an insightful piece for The Conversation exploring the real-world impact of online misinformation. A timely and important read—don’t miss it! 👉 theconversation.com/facebook-dat...

Tadhg Daly and Patrick Neilands from the Ministry of Justice join us next month to present the latest insights from the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey, Cycle 7 (2024),with a focus on fraud, burglary, sexual assault reporting, and violent crime. Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/4ksuff8m

WATCH Dr Anna Sutton share research she & Prof Devon Polaschek ran on Critical Incident Recovery: Insights from a Police Reintegration Programme. With insights from 21 officers & 5 support staff they looked at how recovery differed for those who’ve completed the programme vs. those before it existed

Dr Anna Sutton joins us this month for the Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series presenting Critical Incident Recovery: Insights from a Police Reintegration Programme Evaluation. See event poster below for more details. Register by clicking the following link 👉 tinyurl.com/23xuakcu

Prof @richard100.bsky.social presenting research on suspicious accounts contacting adolescents on social media at ARCJC 💻 @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @uclcrimescience.bsky.social

@jolliffesimpson.bsky.social presenting our research (and bossing it!) on understanding polyvictimisation, using boost & flag mechanism from repeat victimisation lit @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social #ARCJC

AI is being used to generate synthetic CSAM - but it also helps law enforcement analyse data to identify victims & perpetrators with the prospect of reducing psychological harm. Watch @joelscanlan.com explore enforcement to prevention, highlighting the need for "Safety by Design" principles online.

Just accepted! 🎉 www.researchgate.net/publication/... We examined 1,158 New Zealand Police reports for IPV episodes to identify whether officers recorded evidence of controlling behaviors and...

Summer Research Scholarships offer $8,000 scholarships to promising undergrads, final-year honours, and first-year master’s students. 10 weeks of full-time research during Tri C (Nov – Feb). Applications close 13 July 2025. View projects and learn more by visiting: www.waikato.ac.nz/study/schola...

We're looking forward to welcoming @joelscanlan.com as our guest speaker for next month's Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series. Dr Scanlan will speak on The Impact of AI on CSAM Offending and Deterrence Efforts. See poster for more details. To register, click here 👉 tinyurl.com/y548k8vf

Dr L. Maaike Helmus presented a talk on 'A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis on Predictors of Domestic Violence Recidivism: The Role of Universal and Specialized Risk Factors’ as part of the Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series. The recording is now available to view - link below 👇 youtu.be/WGHGCOZjLiU?...

NZ Govt invest funds to deal with the growing prison population. Evidence suggests that prisons have no real effect on reoffending rates. What is needed, is offence-focused rehabilitation. Can we provide effective rehabilitation for people remanded in prison? Dr Polaschek writes for The Conversation

We assume that reporting to police leads to better outcomes for victims of family and sexual violence, but is that true? 👮‍♀️ We compared wellbeing outcomes for NZ Crime & Victims Survey respondents depending on whether they reported to police & found almost no differences 🧐 hdl.handle.net/10092/108247

My energy levels have been running low as the teaching trimester nears its end, so it was nice to receive some kind words from FPSYC101 students at our last workshop today ☺️ they were such a great cohort this year! ⭐️ @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social

Come and get involved in our mugshot prize draw if you're at @waikatouniversity.bsky.social open day. Challenge is to look more deranged than this 👇 😆 @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social

This month's seminar is open for registration! L. Maaike Helmus will join us to delve into A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis on Predictors of Domestic Violence Recidivism: The Role of Universal and Specialized Risk Factors. Register here: tinyurl.com/35v2xdkr

Dr Amanda Turnbull discusses how ridesharing puts women into unsafe situations where their behaviour is moderated based on ratings rather than responding to the harmful situations and has become a vehicle for the growing issue of technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

New article! Te Puna Haumaru Honorary Research Associate Dr Julia Yesberg and colleagues have published "Going Above and Beyond: Procedural Justice, Mental Wellbeing, and Organizational Citizenship Among New Prison Officers". Read the article at the link below.

Why are so many people being convicted of impersonating police? Professor Richard Wortley provides one theory to the Waikato Times @richard100.bsky.social www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

New article! Identifying Acute Risk Factors for Family Violence in a Large Community Correctional Sample. This study identifies risk factors related to the imminent occurrence of family violence offending among people serving sentences involving supervision by a correctional agency. Link below 👇

📢How did the COVID-19 pandemic change the way people impacted by possible trafficking and exploitation seek help? Latest research with @drellac.bsky.social, and using over 5 years of Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline data uncovers surprising trends 1/ doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Ride-sharing has become a vehicle for the growing and internationally recognised issue of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Join Dr Turnbull as she explores the escalating problem of on-demand bias that pervades the ride-sharing industry. Register here: tinyurl.com/4fsehn9z

Paper by @lisatompson.bsky.social and colleagues showing that the risk of being a repeat victim of crime (in 🇳🇿) varies substantially depending on victim characteristics *and* crime type. ‘Crime’ is not one thing and doesn’t have one solution. dx.doi.org/10.15663/tph...

This study by @lisatompson.bsky.social and @drellac.bsky.social analysed 8,386 cases from the UK’s Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline run by @unseenuk.bsky.social between October 2016 and December 2021. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Nominations are open for the 2025 NZ Outstanding Security Performance Awards 🛡🏅 The OSPAs are supported by leading associations & interest groups in the area of security & are based on strong ethical principles. With 15 different categories, nominations are open for everybody, with no entry cost.

Watch our latest seminar where Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman presents a talk centred on findings from He Kitenga nō te Whare, a solutions-focused research initiative that Dr Aikman led, examining policing practices in New Zealand through the metaphor of the ‘Blue Whare’ (house of policing).

Te Puna Haumaru Research Associate Dr Armon Tamatea shared insights with the Waikato Times this week about how displays of wealth can make gang life more attractive. Read the full article here: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

One week until we hear from Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman speaking about He Kitenga nō te Whare, a solutions-focused research initiative Dr Aikman led, examining policing practices in New Zealand through the metaphor of the ‘Blue Whare’ (house of policing). Register to attend: tinyurl.com/2s46y2v5?mc_...

For her summer research project, our scholar Danika Bridge, alongside team members Conrad Latimer and Georgia Pollock, examined records for intimate partner violence cases reported to New Zealand Police and documented the different types of harm that people experienced @jolliffesimpson.bsky.social

New seminar recording with @lisatompson.bsky.social available to watch on our YouTube channel! This research is the first to focus on poly-victimisation in Aotearoa NZ and adds to the scant evidence base on poly-victimisation internationally. @jolliffesimpson.bsky.social @richard100.bsky.social

Charlotte Ward returned as one of our 24/25 summer scholars, with her project Crime Scripts in Home Invasions: Analysing High Court Sentencing Decisions. Her research suggests that there are additional opportunities to develop crime scripts to help prevent other types of aggravated robberies.