Young people & infringement fines: a qualitative study [pdf, 139 KB]
...of the ‘Infringement System’. Contact list The Ministry of Justice provided Litmus with a list of 300 infringers: • Aged between 17 and 24 years; • Who owed at least $3,000 in infringement fines; • Who had residential addresses within Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch or the Bay of Plenty (this was determined via which District Court the infringer was domiciled/ assigned to); • Who had multiple infringement fines with the Collections Unit (i.e. at least 10 infringements); ...