Research Publications

Corrections Research, Evaluation & Statistics (CRES) formally the Research and Statistics Division was established in July 1970. Since this time it has been continuously responsible for undertaking research, evaluation and statistics for Corrective Services NSW and other government and external agencies. This has included descriptive and evaluative studies into correctional programs which have informed correctional practices and policies.

These publications represent the longstanding commitment by CRES to produce professional correctional research, evaluation and statistics that drive evidence based practice.

• 068 - Empirical review of the Pathways to Employment (P2E) pilot for women in prison (PDF, 633.2 KB)
• 067 - Evaluation of the Practice Guide for Intervention (PGI): Staff Perceptions Five Years After Implementation (PDF, 644.9 KB)
• 066 - Implementation of an initiative for people with less than five months to serve in prison: Staff insights on the Short Sentence Intensive Program (SSIP) (PDF, 392.6 KB)
• 065 - Five Minute Interventions (FMI): Custodial staff views and experiences of implementing FMI (PDF, 694.2 KB)
• 064 - A qualitative exploration of factors influencing prison social climate at Rapid Build and traditional correctional centres (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• 063 - Impact Evaluation of the Gurnang Life Challenge Specialised Program for Young Adult Male Offenders in NSW (PDF, 877.1 KB)
• 062 - Evaluation of High Intensity Programs Units (HIPUs): Implementation of a innovative intervention model for offenders with short custodial sentences (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• 061 - Evaluation of EQUIPS treatment pathways for domestic violence offenders in New South Wales (PDF, 1.9 MB)
  
• 060 - Process evaluation of the Practice Guide for Intervention (PGI) - Staff experiences of implementation and continuing service delivery (PDF, 910.7 KB)
  
• 059 - Process evaluation of the Practice Guide for Intervention (PGI) - Staff perceptions of community supervision in the context of change (PDF, 666.6 KB)]
  
• 058 - Evaluation of vocational training in custody- Offenders’ experiences of training and pathways to post-release employment  (PDF, 522.2 KB)
  
• 057 - Evaluation of vocational training in custody- Relationships between Training, Post-Release Employment and Recidivism  (PDF, 426.2 KB)
  
• 056 - The Case Quantify and Search Tool (C-QST): An automated tool to transfer case notes into quantitative information (PDF, 546.2 KB)
  
• 055 - Process Evaluation of the Custody Based Intensive Treatment (CUBIT) Programs for Sex Offenders (PDF, 714.4 KB)​​​ 
  
• 054 - A Process Evaluation of the Intensive Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program (IDATP) Study One​ (PDF, 19.1 MB) 
  
• 053 - Evaluation of the Getting SMART Program (PDF, 675.6 KB)
  
• 052 - Drug Use in the Inmate Population - prevalence, nature and context (PDF, 1.1 MB)​ (PDF, 1.07MB)
  
• 051 - Maintaining the Link - A Survey of visitors to NSW Correctional Centres (PDF, 608.8 KB)
  
• 050 - Bail Refusal & Homelessness Affecting Remandees in New South Wales (PDF, 341.3 KB) 
  
• 049 - Indigenous deaths in NSW Corrective Services Custody 1996-97 to 2006-07 (PDF, 214.0 KB)
  
• 048 - Outcomes for NSW PDC (PDF, 554.8 KB)
  
• 047 - Addressing Prisoner Drug Use (PDF, 297.3 KB)
  
• 046 - Saliva testing for illicit drug use among offenders (PDF, 299.5 KB)
  
• 045 - Addressing the use of drugs in prison - 2nd collection (PDF, 252.9 KB)
  
• 044 - Drugs in Prison (PDF, 2.8 MB)
  
• 043 - Visiting the inside: Survey of visitors to NSW Correctional Centres (PDF, 3.2 MB)
  
• 042 - Private Prisons in NSW: Junee, a four year review (PDF, 9.5 MB)
  
• 041 - Review of NSW Home Detention Scheme (PDF, 16.6 MB)
  
• 040 - Social and economic benefits and costs of Commercial Industries (PDF, 3.2 MB)
  
• 039 - Violent Crime, Alcohol & Other Drugs (PDF, 3.7 MB)
  
• 038 - Junee: Year Three (PDF, 9.4 MB)
  
• 037 - Lifestyles Unit Evaluation Study (PDF, 8.4 MB)
  
• 036 - Inside..Out: A Survey of Visitors (PDF, 3.8 MB)
  
• 035 - Junee: Year Two (PDF, 8.8 MB)
  
• 034 - Working Towards a Better Future (PDF, 5.1 MB)
  
• 033 - Women in Prison with Drug Related Problems: Part 2 (PDF, 4.9 MB)
  
• 032 - Women in Prison with Drug Related Problems: Part 1 (PDF, 3.1 MB)
  
• 031 - Recidivism in NSW: General Study (PDF, 3.2 MB)
  
• 030 - HIV Peer Education Program (PDF, 8.4 MB)
  
• 029 - Junee: One Year Out (PDF, 7.9 MB)
  
• 028 - Attendance Patterns of Periodic Detainees (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  
• 027 - Drug and Alcohol Exit Survey: Part 2 (PDF, 2.4 MB)
  
• 026 - Drug and Alcohol Exit Survey: Part 1 (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  
• 025 - Monitoring the NSW Prison Methadone Program (PDF, 2.0 MB)
  
• 024 - Monitoring the NSW Fine Defaulters Scheme (PDF, 4.6 MB)
  
• 023 - Patterns of Drug Use Amongst NSW Prison Receptions (PDF, 2.2 MB)
  
• 022 - Truth in Sentencing. Impact of the Sentencing Act, 1989 (PDF, 2.2 MB)
  
• 021 - Views of Recidivists Released after Participating in the NSW Prison Methadone Program and the Problems they Faced in the Community (PDF, 2.2 MB)
  
• 020 - An Evaluation of the AIDS Education Program (PDF, 4.9 MB)
  
• 019 - Evaluation of the NSW Prison Methadone Program Study 7 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  
• 018 - The Young Offenders Project (PDF, 2.7 MB)
  
• 017 - An Evaluation of PRC's (PDF, 3.2 MB)
  
• 016 - Unit Prisoner Accommodation - The Bathurst Goal Experience 1983-1987 (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  
• 015 - Intergaol Comparison Study: Attitudes of Prison Officers (PDF, 1.7 MB)
  
• 014 - Employment & Education on Release (PDF, 2.7 MB)
  
• 013 - Women in NSW Prisons 1970-84 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
  
• 012 - Bathurst Gaol Evaluation Study (PDF, 1.0 MB)
  
• 011 - Changing Conditions in a Women's Prison (PDF, 3.4 MB)
• 010 - Drugs and Women in Prison (PDF, 2.1 MB) 
• 009 - CSOs in NSW- Is scheme operating effectively (PDF, 601.3 KB)
  
• 008 - CSOs in NSW - Do participants think the scheme is fulfilling its aims? (PDF, 549.8 KB)
  
• 007 - Community Service Order Evaluation (PDF, 847.9 KB)
  
• 006 - Aborigines - Treatment in Prison, 1981 (PDF, 967.8 KB)
  
• 005 - A profile of Aborigines in prison, 1981 (PDF, 972.2 KB)
  
• 004 - Performance on Work Release and after (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  
• 003 - 250 Parolees characteristics performance (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  
• 002 - Effects of Separation on Marital Relationships (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  
• 001 - Sentencing, Parole & Recidivism (PDF, 918.9 KB)