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New stuff on this site

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

Chain Gangs: Are they archaic, brutal and inhumane or do they work to lower the recidivistic crime rate? An essay from University student Justine Sturm.

Police Pursuits - Windows Media Player clip here - interesting and very timely given the recent controversy over police pursuits here in NZ. It appears that they have the same problems with bail and accountability of Judiciary in San Francisco as we experience here in NZ, and as the officer points out rather forcefully, these are the root cause of most deaths attributed to "Police Pursuits"

Newsletter Twenty three May 2010 PDF only; Chairmans' Report - Positive Steps towards a safer society and saving our nation; Victims Rights High on the Agenda; Why Restorative Justice Concerns Me by Kristine Johnston; Trial for Muder or Character Assasination and Revictimisation of the Victim....You Decide; Forget the Offender - Three Strikes is for the Victims; Crime Doesn'tPay - Yeah Right; Judge This!; Charities Commission; Golf Tournament; Our Members Have Their Say; Thank you

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.

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.

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