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New stuff on this site

Things that have been added in the last month or so..

Three Strikes Article in the Truth of January 29th (PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat or similar) where our viewpoint is contrasted with that of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Submission on the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill including the all-important three strikes provision by Professor Jennifer Walsh

Research International Law and Order survey NZ the results of a recent independent survey on this issue carried out in New Zealand by Research International. This survey was carried out in June/July 2009. The results will not please some.

Crime is not a Hopeless Problem another article by Jennifer E. Walsh, Ph.D., a Professor of Political Science at Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles County, California. She is also the author of Three Strikes Laws (Greenwood Publishing, 2007), and recently testified before the Law and Order Select Committee about the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill.

Three Strikes - some Alternative Views two pieces by Jennifer Walsh, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics at California State University, and Joseph M. Bessette is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. These present the other side of the debate to that which is often found in the media here, particularly in regards to the California Three Strikes Law

Our new Contributors Page has articles by Trust members and staff. The essay "My Truth - The Mallet of Judgement" by Kristine Johnston may now be found here along with others.

A downloadable version of our DVD "New Zealand – A land fit for Criminals – why?" is now available
for broadband DSL/cable users here (42 Mb, 320 kb/sec) , and
for dialup users here (6 Mb, 48 kb/sec)
These are in wmv format, playable in most media players

A list of Contact people by areas of specialisation or interest has been added so that you no longer have to trawl through our regional contacts to find our youth offending or drink driving specialists