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Imprisonment for Non-payment of Fines Abandoned by Irish
Monday, 17 January 2011, 4:38 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“At a time when the New Zealand government plan to introduce imprisonment for non-payment of fines, the Irish government has scrapped similar legislation”, commented Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More >>
Criticism of Commissioner Outrageous and Unjustified
Friday, 26 November 2010, 9:00 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Garth McVicar’s public criticism of Howard Broad is both outrageous and unjustified” said Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. Commissioner Broad’s plea to the Law and Order Select Committee to reduce prisoner numbers in order to ... More >>
Launch of Rethinking Crime and Punishment Website
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 12:49 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
It is my great pleasure, as Chairperson of the Robson Hanan Trust, to welcome you to this occasion, the launch of our new website. As I have worked the room, I have overheard a number of interesting conversations, including one or two speculating ... More >>
Acknowledging the Past – Reimagining the Future
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 10:06 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Acknowledging the Past – Reimagining the Future Address by Kim Workman Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment At the Police Maori Leadership Conference “Achieving Strategic Excellence in Critical Times” Pipitea Marae, Wellington 10th November ... More >>
Treating Gangs Like Terrorists Has Some Merit
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 9:37 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Treating Gangs like Terrorists has some Merit” said Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment, told the Police Leadership Conference yesterday. More >>
Ban on loan for disqualified drivers short sighted
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 9:03 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Judith Collins decision to stop disqualified drivers from getting a Work and Income loans to cover the cost of a Court application for a temporary license, is remarkably short-sighted” , says Kim Workman, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. ... More >>
NZ should Follow UK example to Reduce Imprisonment
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 12:09 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The Conservative Minister of Justice, Kenneth Clarke’s plan to reduce the prison population by 3,000, and save $1.2b in the process, should be closely studied by the New Zealand government, ” says Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment, ... More >>
MAC Camps about having a “bob each way”
Monday, 18 October 2010, 9:38 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The ‘MAC’ (Military Activity) Camp is an attempt to have a “bob each way”, by combining a military regime, with a therapeutic response and greater attention to offender after care, says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More >>
Let David Garrett live his life
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 12:47 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“David Garrett’s conviction is well and truly in the past. He deserves a chance to demonstrate that he is a law abiding person, and can fully discharge his obligations as a Member of Parliament. More >>
Judith Collins – Attacking the ‘Straw Man’
Monday, 6 September 2010, 10:22 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The Hon Judith Collins speech to the Sensible Sentencing Trust Conference effectively mounted a “straw man” argument to support her contention that those who support offenders are undermining the criminal justice system, says Kim Workman, of Rethinking ... More >>
Parole reduces reoffending
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 9:46 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Recent report comments from Garth McVicar, that making offenders serve their entire sentence was more effective than preventing reoffending, are not supported by the evidence, says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “I do ... More >>
Warehousing of Prisoners contributes to Violence
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:25 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The real issue is not how prisoners got access to weapons, or manufacture them. The real issue is why weapon possession is increasingly becoming a feature of prison life”, says Kim Workman or Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More >>
Prisoner's Health report sets stage to improve
Friday, 16 July 2010, 2:30 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The National Health Committee’s report on prisoner health is an important and significant contribution to health policy”, says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment, and a former Deputy Director General of Health (Maori Health). More >>
Avoid an Alarmist View of Assaults on Police
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 4:13 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The claim by the government that there has been a serious increase in the number of assaults against the Police, is not borne out by the statistics, said Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. While it is correct that serious assaults ... More >>
Rethinking Crime And Punishment Trust Formed
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 11:41 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Supporters of the ‘Rethinking Crime and Punishment‘project have formed a charitable trust, to support and promote its work, and to promote wider community understanding of crime and justice policy. More >>
Time to Move on from Three Strikes
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 10:48 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The Three Strikes legislation is a permanent blot on our judicial landscape – but we must not get foxed into litigating it repeatedly in the media, and diverting attention from the issues that are creating crime in the community”, said Kim Workman, ... More >>
Families of Murder Victims Denied Choice
Monday, 26 April 2010, 9:56 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Garth McVicar’s paternalistic view that restorative justice has no place in murder cases, shows the Sensible Sentencing Trust is out of touch with the people they profess to help,” said Kim Workman, Executive Director of Rethinking Crime ... More >>
Revisit “Tough on Crime" slogan
Thursday, 1 April 2010, 2:17 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The disappointing crime statistics results for 2009, suggests that the government should think more carefully about the slogan, “Tough on Crime, Tough on the Causes of Crime”, says Kim Workman. Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “In ... More >>
Bailey has already been Tried
Monday, 29 March 2010, 10:29 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“We need to ask ourselves the question, why would Bailey want to attend Court” said Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was commenting on Baily Kurariki’s non-appearance at the District Court. More >>
Herald needs to consider staff safety
Sunday, 28 February 2010, 1:45 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Bailey Kurariki’s alleged sexual violation of two female journalists, raises serious questions about the Heralds judgement, in sending female staff unsupported to Bailey’s house,” said Kim Workman, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More >>
