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1. Youth Crime Action Plan - full report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...other nations replicate and build on our lead. Our practitioners want to answer the call to do better for our young people and our communities. The Jesuit proverb, ‘Give me the child until he is seven… and I’ll show you the man,’ best exemplifies current thinking with respect to youth justice. Our youth justice system embraces an interventionist policy, which seeks to understand risk factors and protective factors, and shapes our response to youth offending around these. It...

2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 5th report [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...- 151 36 Article 9 ................................................................................................ 152 - 195 36 Preventive Detention ....................................................................... 152 - 166 36 Bail Act 2000 ................................................................................... 167 - 173 39 Home Detention ............................................................................... 174 - 184 40 Community Detenti...

3. 2021 Justice Sector Projections Report [pdf, 873 KB]

   ...have been initiatives put in place to slow down the increase in remand time. This includes: • increased judicial capacity to help with the increased workload in the High Court and District Court • The High Impact Innovation Programme’s Bail Support Services which promotes making timely proposals for people to achieve bail. It was initially trialled in a few large courts between 2018 and 2020. The national rollout began in mid-2020 and is still underway. These initiatives h...

4. 14.02.2023 Long Term Insights Briefing The Future of Imprisonment II FINAL [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...in New Zealand II Final Report October 2022 Research New Zealand 2 Long-term Insights Briefing The Future of Imprisonment in New Zealand II PREPARED FOR Rebecca Lancashire Ministry of Justice PREPARED BY Emanuel Kalafatelis, Annita Wood and Jane Falloon CONTACT DETAILS Emanuel Kalafatelis Research New Zealand Phone 04 499 3088 www.researchnz.com PROJECT NUMBER #5304 Research New Zealand...

5. Ram-Raid-Offending-and-Related-Measures-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 7.4 MB]

   ...children and young people with serious and/or persistent offending behaviour, including possible legislative changes. Relation to government priorities 2 The options canvassed in this paper support the Government’s focus on building a justice system that results in less offending and fewer victims of crime, while ensuring victims are better supported. 3 Some of the proposals also support the Government’s key priority of child wellbeing, which includes a focus on providing better supp...

6. 2016 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...District Courts. It was then expanded to include 8 District Courts around the country. The pilot is a judicially-led initiative to keep victims safe by ensuring judges have relevant, timely and consistent information to assess risk when determining bail applications. Judges get an information pack for all family violence bail applications before the hearing. The pack includes the Family Violence Summary Report, a summary of facts, the defendant’s previous criminal history and...

7. He Waka Roimata - Transforming our Criminal Justice System [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...and access issues within the formal justice process We heard that inconsistencies are experienced in different parts of formal justice processes, especially in relation to sentencing, accessing adequate legal representation and the administration of bail and remand. We heard these issues have a particular impact on rural communities and their ability to access justice, as well as on Māori, others who lack material resources and minority groups. Inconsistent and culturally uninformed se...

8. Strengthening the Criminal Justice System for Victims: Workshop playback report [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...case law and the services of defence counsel, it was suggested that lawyers could represent the interests of victims in court where they have established rights, for example, the right to make a victim impact statement or have their views heard on bail or parole. A lawyer for the victim should be appointed: • that is funded by the Ministry of Justice • for everyone but especially for those of specified serious offences • like ‘Lawyer for Child’ in the Family Court • to pro...

9. 2013 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...children at a high risk of repeat victimisation from domestic abusers • supported the introduction of 11 bills, including the Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill, Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill, Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill and Bail Amendment Bill • maintained momentum on Treaty settlements, supporting the introduction of five Treaty settlement bills and the signing of 15 deeds of settlement and eight agreements in principle • provided new...

10. Evaluation of the Te Hurihanga pilot [pdf, 1.5 MB]

    ...completion of the assessment process, a Te Hurihanga report is submitted to the Youth Court providing indication of whether a placement can be offered pending court approval. If the judge supports a Te Hurihanga placement then the young person is bailed to the Te Hurihanga programme. If the young person‟s case was transferred to the District Court then the process of referral to the programme would vary from that described above, with a pathway through the District Court rather than...