| DRAOR (Dynamic Risk Assessment Offender Re-entry tool) |
A tool used by community probation officers to assess an offender's imminent risk of reoffending or causing harm to others. |
| Drug treatment unit |
Drug treatment units provide a group-based programme in a therapeutic environment for offenders with alcohol- and drug-related issues. |
| IPF (Integrated Practice Framework) |
A framework to support staff to meet their mandatory standards, provide a supported decision-making environment, and give them the tools they need.
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| Māori focus unit |
Māori focus units provide a group-based programme in a therapeutic environment for offenders who identify as Māori. There are five focus units in five different locations operating within a tikanga Māori environment. |
| Medium-intensity rehabilitation programme |
Rehabilitation programme for male offenders with a medium risk of reoffending. |
| PLF (Practice leadership framework) |
Provides training, development, and support for community probation staff to become professional practitioners. |
| RIF (Regional initiative fund) |
A contestable fund for new interventions to be provided by iwi and community groups to support rehabilitation and reintegration services. |
| Right Track |
A structured approach to the active management of prisoners. The programme helps staff to make the right choices and take the right action with offenders at the right time. Right Track training develops the ability of staff to influence offenders to make the right choices as well. |
| RNR (Risk, Need, Responsivity) |
The three main principles to help rehabilitation and reduce reoffending. |
| RoC*RoI (Risk of conviction and risk of imprisonment measure) |
A static risk assessment tool to predict the likelihood of an offender's risk of conviction and risk of imprisonment. |
| SDAC-21 (Structured Dynamic Assessment Case Management-21 item tool) |
A tool used by case managers in prison to identify risk factors that might lead to reoffending. The tool helps to identify and prioritise rehabilitation and reintegration interventions. |
| Special treatment unit |
Special treatment units provide high-intensity treatment programmes for people who are at highest risk of violence or sexual reoffending. These prison-based therapeutic community environments are offered in six special treatment units. Two of the units provide treatment for child sex offenders, while the other four provide treatments for violent and adult sex offenders. |
| Special treatment unit rehabilitation programme |
High-intensity treatment programmes provided in special treatment units by psychologists for offenders who are at highest risk of violence or sexual reoffending. |
