Author Description

"The aim of this research was to quantify the relative effect of various statistical factors on current and past sentencing practice in New Zealand. A particular objective was to identify factors influencing the use of community-based sentences, including the extent to which community-based sentences are being used as an alternative to imprisonment and the extent of changes in sentencing practice that have accompanied the very significant increase in the use of community-based sentences over the last decade and a half ..." -- Executive Summary.