Newsletter Archive 2011

Below are our 2011 newsletters

Issue 95, December 2011
Rethinking's Christmas Newsletter

• Rethinking and its people
• A personal message from Kim Workman

Issue 94, November 2011

Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Problem Solving Courts – A New Direction for Criminal Justice?

• Gerald Waters – Drug Court Advocate
• Adult Drug Court nearly here – by Ross Bell
• Are domestic violence courts working for indigenous people?
• Are We Ready for a Problem Solving Approach to Crime?
• The Role of the Church in Justice Reform

Issue 93, October 2011

Justice Sector Forecast: What's in store?

• Justice Sector Forecast predicts lower crime rates and less imprisonment
• What will the Changes Look Like by 2014 – 2015?
• The Next Three Years - What Will We Be Asking?
• Does Increased Offender Diversion Reduce Crime?
• Does Having Less People in Prison Threaten Public Safety? Does Prison Work at All?
• Political Parties Release their Justice Policies
• Structural Discrimination in the Justice System

Issue 92, September 2011

There has to be a Better Way: Alternatives to Imprisonment

• New resource: There has to be a Better Way
• Expanding Community Sentencing Options
• What do the Public Really Think?
• The Importance of Judicial Discretion
• Restorative Justice - Is it cost effective?
• Addressing a Driver of Crime - the crime costs of child poverty in New Zealand 

Issue 91, September 2011

Maori Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System: Who Can Help?

• Maori Helping Maori
• Philanthropy Helping Maori - Toward Social Impact Investment
• The Police Helping Maori
• The Government Helping Maori - Addressing Structural Discrimination

Issue 90, August 2011

Would Justice Reinvestment Work in Kawerau?

• Addressing the Drivers of Crime for Māori
• Working Paper: Drivers of Crime for Māori
• Māori Interventions into Māori Offending
• Smart Reform is Possible – Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs while Protecting Communities
• Truth in Justice - How Accurate are Telephone Polls on Public Attitudes toward Crime and Punishment?

Issue 89, July 2011

The War on Drugs - 40 Years On

• Scenes from the War on Drugs - 40 years on
• Portugal: Doing things differently
• Time for an Exit Strategy: Ending the War on Drugs
• The Home Front: Drugs in New Zealand
• Punishment vs Treatment: Why we should care

Issue 88, July 2011

A Rethinking Recap

• Truth in Justice
• The Speakers' Bureau and Youth Justice
• The Young People's Forum
• Rethinking contributes to Circles of Support and Accountability

Issue 87, June 2011

Aspects of Justice - Retributive or Restorative?

• 'Improving the Transition' Report and the case for Restorative Justice
• Aspects of Justice – Retributive or Restorative? Where Lies the Balance?
• The Killing of Osama bin Laden
• Victim Impact Statements: Some Concerns about Current Practice and Proposed Changes
• The Struggle for Ownership of Conflict
• Do Victims Benefit from Engaging in Retribution?
• The Case for Restorative Justice

Issue 86, May 2011

Doing Good Justice in Bad Times

• 'Prison is a moral and fiscal failure' - Hon. Bill English
• 'Doing Good Justice in Bad Times: Toward a Fiscally Responsible Criminal Justice Strategy'

Issue 85, April 2011

Critiquing the Logic of Imprisonment

• Our Response to the Looting in Christchurch: Rethinking our Reliance on Imprisonment
• “Tough on Crime” a Waste of Time — let's be effective instead
• Walking into the Future Backwards: Reflections on Youth Institutionalisation
• New Research from the Justice Policy Institute: Addicted to Drug Courts

Issue 84, March 2011

Will the Real Criminal Justice Policy Please Stand Up

• Minister of Corrections and Police – Address to the ACT Party Conference
• 2010 Race Relations Report - Three Strikes and the Removal of Prisoners' Right to Vote
• Imprisonment and Human Rights - an essay by Dr Elizabeth Stanley
• Garth McVicar - Justice: Speaking Up for Crime's Silent Victims
• The Power of Penal Populism: Public Influences of Sentencing and Penal Policy - a thesis by Tess Bartlett
• Kim Workman: A Different Journey
• What Makes Juvenile Offenders Different From Adult Offenders?
• Pre-Charge Warnings – Alternative Resolutions: An Evaluation Report

Issue 83, March 2011

Rethinking Election Year Special Edition

• 2011 and Beyond – Is Criminal Justice Policy at a Tipping Point?
• The Politics of Punishment: Rethinking interviews Professor Nicola Lacey
• Justice Reinvestment: Success Stories from the US