New Zealand’s shift to community-based sentences has cut costs, helped offenders to retain work and higher earnings, with no major change to substantive reoffending.
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A standard definition of recidivism would make it possible to identify what works to reduce reoffending.
New research out of Queensland shows there are rehabilitative ways to help reduce youth sexual crime - and youth crime overall.
Nearly half of New Zealand’s prison population is on remand. But these units are not suitable for successful rehabilitation, and most people are not eligible anyway.
Sports programmes have the potential to improve lives by offering positive social connection.
Greater support for ex-prisoners to start their own business could lead to a cut in re-offending rates.
Properly resourced probation services, drug and alcohol treatment and helping people build their social networks can all play a role.
Evidence shows the links between punishment, discipline and behaviour change are weak at best. Good rehabilitation has a therapeutic focus – but this is less popular with politicians and the public.
So much of day to day life is not powered by technology, but what happens if you’ve been behind bars for years? It’s time prisoners better prepared inmates for life once they’ve served their time.
With a series of high-profile cases in the news, parole is back in the spotlight. Let’s unpack some of the most common misconceptions about what parole really means.
Receiving visitors while behind bars was a raft of benefits, but people have reported many barriers. It must be made easier to help drive down recidivism rates.
Despite very strong results in the US, there’s very little entrepreneurship training for former prisoners in the UK.
Inmates who are mothers tend to be accused of being bad parents.
Prisons seem an unlikely source of outstanding university students, but it is. What’s more, those who have done such study are much less likely to reoffend when they get out.
Training restaurants housed inside prison walls and staffed by inmates are reducing recidivism rates and winning praise from diners overseas. Should we try them in New Zealand?
The effective response to crime has always been a matter of debate. But evidence is mounting in favour of treatment and support, rather than punishment.
Governments must think very carefully before sacrificing the very human rights that give the state its identity and democracy.
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