Newsletter Archive 2008

Below are our 2008 Newsletters

Issue 52, December 2008 - "Crime as Social Harm - the 'It's not OK' Campaign"

• Rethinking dubs the 'It's not OK' Campaign as the most successful crime and justice initiative for 2008
• Beyond criminal justice to addressing social harm
• The limited value of the criminal justice system
• The strength of a social harm approach
• Where to from here?

Issue 51, December 2008 - "Getting 'Value for Money' out of crime and punishment"

• An example of value for money from MSD
• Value for money in the criminal justice system
• Imprisonment does not give value for money
• Community based sentences and value for money
• Youth initiatives
• Local government forum on gangs

Issue 50, December 2008 - "Building a Criminal Justice Foundation"

• Ron Nikkel, President of Prison Fellowship International talks about building a foundation for criminal justice

Issue 49, October 2008 - "Politics and Punitiveness - the dilemma for Criminal Justice"

• Politics and punitiveness
• This election's Law and Order debate: 'myopic muscle flexing'
• The media's response to the Law and Order debate

Issue 48, October 2008 - "The Future of Restorative Justice as an Effective Intervention"

• The increasing cost of law and order
• Spending on law and order as a percentage of GNP

Issue 47, October 2008 - "Gang members should be treated like terrorists"

• Less of a rush to punish - more like a dawdle

Issue 46, October 2008 - "Is crime on the increase? What can we do about it?"

• Dr Gabrielle Maxwell discusses what the statistics are telling us
• Increases to Police Youth Aid staff
• Does Police Youth Aid diversion work?

Issue 45, September 2008 - "Women in Prison"

• Celia Lashlie talks about women in prison

Issue 44, August 2008 - "The Children of Prisoners: the hidden victims of crime"

• Verna McFelin, CEO of Pillars discusses children of prisoners in New Zealand
• Do prisoners care about their children?
• The Prison System and its Effects – Wherefrom, Whereto, and Why?

Issue 43, August 2008 - "Policing and the Numbers Game"

• Local Research Shows Community Support for Released Sex Offenders reduces Reoffending Rates
• Human Rights Watch Report on sex offender registration, residency and notification laws
• Offering hope to young offenders

Issue 42, July 2008 - "Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO)"

• Baroness Vivien Stern talks about ASBOs and their consequences for children
• Developing a comprehensive strategy for children and young people
• The Organised and Financial Crime Agency – what’s going on?

Issue 41, July 2008 - "Prisoners and employment"

• Effective integration: supporting prisoners with a 'second chance'
• Singapore's Yellow Ribbon Project

Issue 40, July 2008 - "Victims and Justice"

• Heather Verry, CEO of Victim Support, talks about parallel justice
• The evidence for restorative justice

Issue 39, July 2008 - "Creating Criminals - the impact of organised crime bill on youth gangs"

• Baroness Vivien Stern: Creating Criminals in a Market Economy
• Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project to expand

Issue 38, June 2008 - "What do we want from our prisons?"

• Andrew Coyle, Professor of Prison Studies at the International Centre for Prison Studies, looks at how we compare to other countries in terms of imprisonment
• The new strategy from the Scottish government - empower young people, don't punish them

Issue 37, June 2008 - "Prison Fellowship NZ Conference - Outstanding success"

• Rethinking discusses the Prison Fellowship conference
• Justice Reinvestment
• Million dollar blocks
• Restorative justice: does it reduce re-offending?

Issue 36, April 2008 - "Victims, Restorative Justice and Forgiveness - Myth or Magic?"

• The Sensible Sentencing Trust's open letter regarding restorative justice
• The facts about restorative justice
• New Zealand's prison population plummets
• Select Committee Inquiry into the Department of Corrections
• Criminal Justice Advisory Board: another opportunity to influence Law and Order Policy

Issue 35, April 2008 - "Forensic Mental Health Issues in NZ Prisons"

• Dr Sandy Simpson explains how the forensic Mental Health system functions in New Zealand, and describes the challenges and issues that affect the treatment of mentally ill prisoners

Issue 34, March 2008 - "Broken Windows and Zero Tolerance"

• Criminologist Dr John Buttle of the Auckland University of Technology, explain these two terms, where they come from, and whether they are effective as a means of crime prevention and control

Issue 33, March 2008 - "To Boot or not to Boot? - A Key Response to Youth Offending"

• Rethinking takes a closer look at the evidence behind 'boot camps'
• New Pew Centre study: One in 100 Americans in Prison – Behind Bars in 2008