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Recent New Zealand Penal Policy Papers

April 2012

• Community sentence patterns in New Zealand. An international comparative analysis. Department of Corrections [2012] NZPenalPP 1 (1 April 2012)

December 2009

• What works now? A review and update of research evidence relevant to offender rehabilitative practices within the Department of Corrections [2009] NZPenalPP 1 (1 December 2009)

September 2007

• Over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system. An exploratory report [2007] NZPenalPP 1 (1 September 2007)

December 2005

• New Zealand Court-referred Restorative Justice pilot: two year follow-up of reoffending Sue Triggs [2005] NZPenalPP 1 (1 December 2005)

March 2004

• Sentencing Act 2002: Monitoring the first year - Rajesh Chhana [2004] NZPenalPP 1 (1 March 2004)

July 2003

• Talking about sentences and crime: views of people on periodic detention [2003] NZPenalPP 2 (1 July 2003)
• Court-imposed fines: a survey of Judges Wendy Searle [2003] NZPenalPP 1 (1 July 2003)

May 2001

• About time. Turning people away from a life of crime and reducing re-offending. Report from the Department of Corrections to the Minister of Corrections [2001] NZPenalPP 2 (2 May 2001)
• Better Corrections Law for New Zealand. A public discussion document [2001] NZPenalPP 1 (2 May 2001)

November 2000

• Speaking about cultural background at sentencing. Section 16 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985. Alison Chetwin; Tony Waldegrave; Kiri Simonsen [2000] NZPenalPP 1 (1 November 2000)

September 2000

• Report on combating and preventing Maori crime - Hei whakarurutanga mo te Ao. Peter Doone [2000] NZPenalPP 2 (25 September 2000)

June 2000

• Review of monetary penalties in New Zealand. Ministry of Justice [2000] NZPenalPP 1 (1 June 2000)

June 1999

• Review of Community-Based Sentences in New Zealand. Ministry of Justice [1999] NZPenalPP 1 (1 June 1999)

June 1998

• Use of Imprisonment in New Zealand. Ministry of Justice [1998] NZPenalPP 1 (1 June 1998)

October 1997

• Sentencing policy and guidance. A discussion paper. Ministry of Justice [1997] NZPenalPP 1 (1 October 1997)

November 1995

• Restorative Justice: A discussion paper Ministry of Justice [1995] NZPenalPP 1 (30 November 1995)

October 1992

• The role of prisons in the New Zealand criminal justice system. A paper prepared by the Penal Institutions Division, Department of Justice [1992] NZPenalPP 2 (1 October 1992)

July 1992

• Imprisonment as 'The Last Resort'. The New Zealand experience [1992] NZPenalPP 1 (1 July 1992)

May 1992

• Reducing reoffending: what works now. Kaye McLaren [1992] NZPenalPP 3 (1 May 1992)

April 1990

• Community involvement with offenders: a discussion paper. Bruce Asher and Rose O'Neill [1990] NZPenalPP 1 (1 April 1990)

April 1989

• Prison Review. Te Ara Hou : the new way. Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into the Prisons system [1989] NZPenalPP 1 (30 April 1989)

September 1988

• Spier, Philip; Luketina, Francis --- "The impact on sentencing of the Criminal Justice Act 1985" [1988] NZPenalPP 4 (1 September 1988)

July 1988

• Prisons in change. The submission of the Department of Justice to the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into the Prison System. Appendices [1988] NZPenalPP 3 (1 July 1988)
• Prisons in change. The submission of the Department of Justice to the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into the Prison System. [1988] NZPenalPP 2 (1 July 1988)
• Prisons in change. The submission of the Department of Justice to the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into the Prison System. Executive Summary [1988] NZPenalPP 1 (1 July 1988)

October 1986

• Sentencing under the Criminal Justice Act 1985: the first six months. Cheryl McDonald [1986] NZPenalPP 1 (1 October 1986)

April 1984

• Public acceptance of restitution as an alternative to imprisonment for property offenders: a survey. Burt Galaway [1984] NZPenalPP 2 (1 April 1984)

March 1984

• Community Service Orders in New Zealand: three research reports [1984] NZPenalPP 1 (1 March 1984)

December 1983

• Corrective Training: an evaluation. Walton Walker and Robert Brown [1983] NZPenalPP 1 (1 December 1983)

February 1980

• Penal policy and practice. A paper presented to the Sentencing Conference 1 February 1980 by J F Robertson, Secretary for Justice [1980] NZPenalPP 1 (1 February 1980)

October 1979

• Periodic Detention: a comparison of residential and non-residential centres [1979] NZPenalPP 4 (31 October 1979)
• Probationers and their reoffending. Department of Justice [1979] NZPenalPP 2 (1 October 1979)

March 1979

• Study of Young Persons remanded in custody to a Penal Institution. Department of Justice [1979] NZPenalPP 3 (31 March 1979)

June 1973

• Periodic Detention in New Zealand. D F MacKenzie [1973] NZPenalPP 2 (1 June 1973)
• Juvenile Crime in New Zealand. Department of Social Welfare [1973] NZPenalPP 1 (1 June 1973)

July 1972

• Self-Image and Delinquency. A study of New Zealand adolescent girls. Jocelyn Roberts [1972] NZPenalPP 1 (1 July 1972)

January 1972

• Report by Sir Guy Powles and Mr L.G.H. Sinclair into various matters pertaining to Paremoremo prison [1972] NZPenalPP 2 (21 January 1972)

December 1971

• Violent Offending. A Report on recent trends in violent offending and some characteristics of the violent offender. Mary Schumacher. [1971] NZPenalPP 1 (1 December 1971)

December 1970

• Final Report of the Committee on Fines Enforcement [1970] NZPenalPP 2 (1 December 1970)

November 1970

• Penal Policy in New Zealand. D J Riddiford, Minister of Justice [1970] NZPenalPP 1 (1 November 1970)

February 1969

• Review of Borstal Policy in New Zealand [1969] NZPenalPP 1 (1 February 1969)

May 1968

• Penal trends within New Zealand [1968] NZPenalPP 2 (2 May 1968)
• Penal Policy in New Zealand. J R Hanan, Minister of Justice [1968] NZPenalPP 1 (1 May 1968)

May 1966

• A statement on some aspects of penal policy. Traffic Courts, Preventive Detention, Periodic Detention. Made by the Minister of Justice to a conference of Magistrates on 27 May 1966 [1966] NZPenalPP 1 (27 May 1966)

October 1964

• Discussion groups in New Zealand penal institutions. Experiments and suggestions [1964] NZPenalPP 2 (1 October 1964)

January 1964

• Crime and the community. A survey of penal policy in New Zealand. Department of Justice [1964] NZPenalPP 1 (1 January 1964)

August 1957

• A Reveiw of Penal Policy by the Hon J R Marshall, Minister of Justice [1957] NZPenalPP 1 (20 August 1957)

August 1954

• A Penal Policy for New Zealand [1954] NZPenalPP 1 (1 August 1954)