Research Participant Request -
Tēnā koe,
My name is Rebekah Tapp, and I am working towards my Master in Applied Social Work through Massey University. As part of this, I am conducting a research project. I have chosen to explore the experiences of practitioners working alongside participants (offenders) of specialist Criminal Courts in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Research purpose
This project will focus on hearing the challenges and opportunities of these Courts from an experienced practitioners perspective. The aims of this research are:
• Examine and explore the opportunities of these Courts.
• Examine and explore the challenges of these Courts.
• Analyse these opportunities and challenges in the broader context of Aotearoa to identify how these Courts can be improved.
Invitation to the study
The criteria for participating is that you must have worked in one of the specialist Courts in Aotearoa, New Zealand, for at least 6 months. This must be in a professional capacity, such as a lawyer, social worker, or social service practitioner.
The Courts included are listed below:
• Alcohol and other Drug Treatment Court/Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua
• Family Violence Court
• New Beginnings Court/Te Kooti o Timatanga Hou
• Matariki Court
• Court of Special Circumstances
• Young Adults List
• Personal Individual Needs Court
• Sexual Violence Pilot Court
There will be 3-5 participants in this research overall. My research project is restricted to gathering data from 3-5 participants due to the nature of the course. Your participation would be expected to be less than two hours overall. This is made up of an initial 15 minutes for contact, up to an hour for the interview, and 30 minutes to review the interview transcript.
I would like to invite three to five participants to participate in semi-structured interviews. These will be conducted either face-to-face or online via Zoom. These will run for 45 to 60 minutes.
All information provided will be kept in a secure location that is not accessible to anyone other than me. This research report may be published, but you will not be identifiable. A transcript of the interview will be provided for you to review and approve.
I will destroy all the data on the final examination of the project.
You are under no obligation to accept this invitation. If you decide to participate, you have the right to:
• Decline to answer any particular question.
• Withdraw from the study at any time up until you have reviewed and approved the transcript.
• Ask any questions about the study at any time during participation.
• Provide information on the understanding that your name will not be used.
• Be given access to a summary of the project findings when it is concluded.
• Ask for the recorder to be turned off at any time during the interview.
This project has been evaluated by peer review and judged to be low risk. Consequently, it has not been reviewed by one of the University’s Human Ethics Committees. The researchers named above are responsible for the ethical conduct of this research.
If you have any concerns about the conduct of this research that you wish to raise with someone other than the researchers, please contact Prof Craig Johnson, Director, Research Ethics, telephone 06 356 9099 x 85271, email humanethics@massey.ac.nz.
Please contact me or my supervisor if you have any questions or would like to participate:
Student Researcher
Rebekah Tapp
Master of Applied Social Work
School of Social Work
Massey University
Palmerston North
Becky.Tapp.1@uni.massey.ac.nz
Research Supervisor
Senior Lecturer Lareen Cooper
School of Social Work
Massey University
Palmerston North
L.Cooper@massey.ac.nz
Ngā mihi nui,
Rebekah Tapp
Date Published: 26 May 2023
Date Closes: 9 June 2023
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