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Fees for many Disputes Tribunal hearings will fall, while many District Court, High Court and Court of Appeal fees will increase, Courts Minister Matt Robson announced today.

One of the hallmarks of Corrections is that there aren’t too many stories of triumph.

It’s a part of Government where tragedies and tough breaks happen all the time.

Making teenagers safer in prison and reducing re-offending…

Corrections Minister Matt Robson will open a new specialist youth unit at Christchurch Prison tomorrow.

New Zealand's current overseas aid level will be maintained in the coming year, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Matt Robson said today.

The Government is planning for more prisoners, and launching new programmes to reduce the level of re-offending after release.

Justice Minister Phil Goff and Corrections Minister Matt Robson today announced an extra $22 million as the first instalment for reforms to ensure the public will be better protected from dangerous offenders.

24 May 2001

Improving security for New Zealanders

The Government is planning for more prisoners, and launching new programmes to reduce the level of re-offending after release.

The Government is planning for more prisoners, and launching new programmes to reduce the level of re-offending after release.

APPENDIX

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CAB (00) M 22/22:

REDUCING THE PRISON POPULATION

A: BACKGROUND

Reducing the imprisonment of
Maori

182. Maori are over-represented in the criminal justice system and the collective

Bibliography

Andrews, DA, and Bonta, J,
The psychotogy of criminal conduct, Anderson, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994

Rehabilitation
(Cont...)

152. Figure 12 illustrates the relationship between risk score, as measured by

Rehabilitation
(Cont...)

OPTION 7:
REHABILITATION OF REPEAT DISQUALIFIED DRIVERS

Alternative sentencing: Day
Reporting Centres for teenagers who have received a first adult conviction
(Cont...)

Numbers of
cases and estimates of costs and benefits

Rehabilitation

144. This section sets out the theoretical justifications and scientific evidence

Alternative sentencing: Day
Reporting Centres for teenagers who have received a first adult
conviction

Prevention
(Cont...)

Interventions
that interrupt progress to adult offending

Prevention
(Cont...)

OPTION 4:
IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH-RISK EARLY YOUTH OFFENDERS

Prevention

74. One direction that policy could take in order to bring about reductions in

Statistics on imprisonment in
New Zealand and internationally (Cont...)

Figure 4: The proportion of
all offences resulting in prison sentences - 1985 to 2000

Statistics on imprisonment in
New Zealand and internationally (Cont...)

Figure 8: Numbers of
previous convictions against those going to prison for the first time

Statistics on imprisonment in
New Zealand and internationally

49. This section examines available information on the use of imprisonment as a

Introduction

33. Cabinet invited a nominated Ministers' Group to report to the Cabinet Social

Introduction
(Cont...)

International
experiences with reducing imprisonment