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Overview
This page provides professionals with the latest publications, research, guidelines and standards, and policies to aid their work with victims of crime.
Publications
If you’re a support worker, or your organisation has contact with victims of crime, the Victims Centre has a range of free publications available for order.
- Log in to our online portal, Blue Star(external link) and follow the prompts to place your order (select Victims Information tab)
- If you do not have a username or password, you can register via the portal here(external link).
If you need any help ordering publications, email publications@justice.govt.nz.
Publications for printing or ordering
The Victims Code (PDF, 577 KB)
About the Victims Code (PDF, 419 KB)
Court Services for victims (PDF, 333 KB)
For victims of sexual violence (PDF, 589 KB)
For people affected by homicide (PDF, 808 KB)
National Guidelines for agencies working with child witnesses (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Research Reports
There's a lot of research on victimisation in New Zealand and reports on crime statistics.
Research report resources
New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey (The Ministry of Justice website)(external link)
Recorded crime victims statistics (New Zealand Police website)(external link)
Victim satisfaction with restorative justice: A summary of findings (2011) (PDF, 161 KB)
Restorative justice victim satisfaction survey (2016) (PDF, 690 KB)
Guidelines and Standards
There are a number of guidelines and standards produced by justice sector agencies that are relevant to people working with victims of crime.
If you have any suggestions about what should be included in this list, please email the Victims Centre(external link).
Guidelines and Standards resources
Prosecution guidelines(external link)
New Zealand Police Code of Conduct(external link)
National Guidelines for agencies working with child witnesses (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Victims' Rights Act 2002(external link)
Te Puna Aonui Toolbox(external link)
Te Puna Aonui provides tools for workers and organisations to implement the family violence capability frameworks.
Policy
The government is doing a lot of work to improve the experience of victims of crime in the criminal justice system. Here are some of the major pieces of work.
Our work
Chief Victims Advisor to Government(external link)
Cross-government work programme related to family violence and sexual violence(external link)
More information on policy initiatives: the Ministry of Justice website(external link)