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Time for a New Approach to Released Sex Offenders
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 9:16 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Sex offenders and paedophiles present the greatest challenge in ensuring their effective reintegration into the community”, says Kim Workman of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was commenting on the case of Justin Ames Johnston, a released ... More >>
Loss of Voting Rights Bill Should Fail
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 9:45 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Paul Quinn’s private Bill which proposes that all prisoners should lose their voting rights should fail – but I’m not holding my breath”, says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment More >>
Te Hurihanga Closure Defies Logic
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 12:30 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The government’s decision to close Te Hurihanga defies logic”, said Kim Workman, of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More >>
Life Without Parole Equals Death By Incarceration
Monday, 25 January 2010, 11:37 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The ‘life without parole’ proposal for committing a murder on the third strike, needs to be debated and discussed with the same level of seriousness and analysis as if the government was reintroducing the death penalty, says Kim Workman, of Rethinking ... More >>
Garrett Misleading the Public on Three Strikes
Friday, 22 January 2010, 12:43 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“David Garrett should stop claiming that the three strikes law in California single handedly reduced violent offences in California by 50%, “says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “It is a misleading claim, and not based on ... More >>
No evidence to support Three Strikes
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 12:51 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The government’s rationale for Three Strikes exists within an evidential vacuum” says Kim Workman, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “So far we have heard three reasons for introducing three strikes legislation. Reason One: It will act as a deterrent ... More >>
Three Strikes Legislation "Counter Productive"
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 9:52 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The proposed three strikes legislation effectively transfers discretion from the judiciary to the Police” says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “If introduced, the Police will need to be closely monitored to ensure that the ... More >>
UK To Transfer Funding From Prisons To Programmes
Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 3:11 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
In a ground breaking report, UK MP's have recommended that the prison population should be cut by a third with thousands of criminals given community punishments in an effort to stop them reoffending. Courts should regard sending offenders to ... More >>
Kim Workman:The Smacking Debate Confused
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 3:16 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The smacking debate is becoming confused” said Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was responding to Family First’s media release that research by Marjorie Gunnoe, of Calvin College, Michigan shows that kids smacked before age ... More >>
Decision denies access to sex offender treatment
Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 6:17 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The Department of Corrections decision to employ its own clinical psychologist in Nelson, forcing the Nelson Sex Offenders Programme to close, flies in the face of government’s recent announcement about tackling justice sector fragmentation”, ... More >>
Rethinking Agrees with re Community Work
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 5:12 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“I agree with Alan Monk, of Sensible Sentencing, that it is unacceptable that 15% of those sentenced to community work fail to report. These non-reporters will eventually end up in prison. However, accelerating that process is not the answer.” More >>
NZ Prisons Should Follow US Example
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:04 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“I never thought the day would come when I would point to the USA penal system as a model of innovative thinking”, says Kim Workman, of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “For the first time since 1972, it looks as though there will be a drop in the ... More >>
Garrett’s Claims Well off the Mark
Saturday, 14 November 2009, 12:14 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“David Garrett’s claims that the western countries are starting to accept that punitive penal policies have the potential to reduce violent offending is demonstrably untrue,” says Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “In fact, ... More >>
Support For Three Strikes ill Founded
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 11:06 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The proposed ‘three strikes’ legislation, being promoted by the ACT Party and Sensible Sentencing Trust, would not have made any difference to the sentence imposed on Paul Dally, whose murder of Karla Cardno was described by the Parole Board Chairman, ... More >>
Rethinking Urges Support for Mongrel Mob Rehab
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:37 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The Kakahi community has nothing to fear from the Notorious Chapter of the Mongrel Mob,” says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was commenting on local concern that six families from the Mob were attending a Salvation Army rehabilitation ... More >>
Don’t copy Californian Prison System
Monday, 10 August 2009, 9:47 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“New Zealand must at all costs, avoid the temptation to follow the Californian penal system in any shape or form”, says Kim Workman, of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “That includes mandatory sentencing, three strikes legislation, and life without ... More >>
ACT’s ‘Three Strikes’ Telephone Poll is nonsense
Friday, 7 August 2009, 10:39 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Claims by ACT MP David Garrett, that 75% of New Zealanders support ACT’s ‘three strikes’ policy, in preference to the government’s Bill is sheer nonsense, says Kim Workman, of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “People taking part in the telephone ... More >>
Chief Justice Calls for Early Release of Prisoners
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 2:48 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The Chief Justice’s suggestion that the government use executive amnesty to release prisoners early, could represent a tipping point in New Zealand penal history,“ said Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “When the head of ... More >>
Response to Boot Camp Critics Disappointing
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 9:23 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“It is patronising to suggest that people who are speaking against the ‘Fresh Start’ boot camp proposal, don’t understand what is proposed” says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was commenting on the organisations ... More >>
Three Strikes Promotion Like Selling Snake Oil
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 9:10 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
David Garrett’s promotion of the three strikes law is confusing and misleading, said Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More >>
