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Crime & Punishment

Pointing the debate towards more positive and rehabilitative prison practice.

Rethinking Crime and Punishment

'Rethinking Crime and Punishment' is a strategic initiative to raise the level of public debate about the use of prison and alternative forms of punishment in New Zealand.

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Submission to Corrections Amendment Bill 30 July 2012
A submission to the bill by SPPU.
Administration of Community Sentences and Orders Bill 11 July 2012
A submission on the Community Sentences and Orders Bill.
Submission to Bail Amendment Bill 10 July 2012
Looking at the Bail Amendment Bill and its implications and issues.
Submission on the Corrections Bill 12 April 2012
Submission on the Corrections Bill, advocating for rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners.
Extraordinary Change 19 December 2011
‘The Inconvenient Truths’ Pacific Trafficking in Persons Forum was a first for me.
Submission to Wiri Prison Inquiry 17 October 2011
The question of the social impacts of the Wiri prison.
Bail in New Zealand 14 June 2011
There are areas of the justice system and process that need to be challenged to ensure a fair, just and effective justice system.
Pacific Trafficking in Persons Forum 26 August 2009
2009 forum on the crime of people trafficking, through sharing of wide expertise.
Beyond the Holding Tank 26 February 2006
Pathways to rehabilitative and restorative prison policy.

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