Family Violence: New Zealand’s “wicked” problem – to what extent does the Integrated Safety Response contribute to the solution?

Policy makers have described family violence as a ‘wicked’ public policy problem - a problem that proves incredibly resistant to resolution, and for which there are no quick fixes.

Lectures, talks and seminars

MY305 (Murphy Building Level 3)

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Description

One of the more significant responses to the problem in New Zealand has been the Integrated Safety Response (ISR) - a multi-agency short-term safety response currently in the pilot stage. In this seminar I will describe key features of the model, how it differs from alternative systems, and key findings from the year one evaluation. This three- year pilot is due to end in June 2019. The seminar will end with reflections on how political will – and not just evidence of effectiveness - will likely impact on decisions around the future of ISR within the larger family violence system, as policy makers endeavour to develop solutions to this wicked problem.


Speaker Bios

Elaine is an independent researcher and evaluator who specialises in applied criminal justice projects. She led the evaluation of the ISR over its initial 12 months of piloting, and is currently working on its final evaluation. She has fond memories of her six years working as a senior research fellow at Victoria University’s Crime and Justice Research Centre and values her on-going relationship with the University as an adjunct research fellow to the Institute of Criminology.


For more information contact: Gill Blomgren

gill.blomgren@vuw.ac.nz 04 463 5677