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Prison Aftercare: The Community's Responsibility?

Prison Aftercare: The Community's Responsibility? AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (June 1985) 18 (115-119) 115 RESEARCH NOTE: PRISON AFTERCARE: THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSmILITY?* M J Cree **, J A Hoffmant and D M Rileyt Introduction Since the arrival of the first shipment of convict children in 1952, historical analysis has characterized the penal policy of New Zealand as a series of haphazard responses and piecemeal changes (Casey, 1981:21). Adjudged from the perspective of the offender's future welfare, the nation's penal system and its policy framework was confusing, at times contradictory, and usually inadequate. In 1981, the government of the day commissioned an inquiry - the Penal Policy Review - to undertake a comprehensive, systematic examination of the policy structures which had influenced New Zealand's prisons, their development and their social impact. Data was collected from a diverse array of sources which included a network of task-specific sub-committees, a limited range of focussed research studies, and more than 600 public submissions. The review was headed by a practising judge of the High Court of New Zealand (Justice Casey). Aftercare services for prisoners in New Zealand were described as fragmented and weak in the review committee's final report: So far we have not done well by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (June 1985) 18 (115-119) 115 RESEARCH NOTE: PRISON AFTERCARE: THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSmILITY?* M J Cree **, J A Hoffmant and D M Rileyt Introduction Since the arrival of the first shipment of convict children in 1952, historical analysis has characterized the penal policy of New Zealand as a series of haphazard responses and piecemeal changes (Casey, 1981:21). Adjudged from the perspective of the offender's future welfare, the nation's penal system and its policy framework was confusing, at times contradictory, and usually inadequate. In 1981, the government of the day commissioned an inquiry - the Penal Policy Review - to undertake a comprehensive, systematic examination of the policy structures which had influenced New Zealand's prisons, their development and their social impact. Data was collected from a diverse array of sources which included a network of task-specific sub-committees, a limited range of focussed research studies, and more than 600 public submissions. The review was headed by a practising judge of the High Court of New Zealand (Justice Casey). Aftercare services for prisoners in New Zealand were described as fragmented and weak in the review committee's final report: So far we have not done well by

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 1985

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