Criminal Justice in New Zealand

Criminal Justice in New Zealand is the first comprehensive account of New Zealand approaches to criminal justice issues to be published in this country. The book provides an account of a complex range of interconnected constituencies & procedures that together constitute the New Zealand criminal justice system. The book emphasises the lack of any coherent philosophy connecting the many stakeholders of criminal justice, so that law & justice outcomes are not uniformly fair as regards the different groups of people that they impact, inparticular young people, Maori, those with mental impairments, and women.

Criminal Justice in New Zealand describes the operation of foundational theories & procedures, including the trial process, criminal procedure, policing, sentencing & provision for victims, as well as addressing a number of contemporary issues such as the role of the media in defining justice issues & the emegence of alternative ways of doing justice.

This text is aimed at a broad audience: law and other social science students studying the operation of criminal justice in New Zealand, lawyers, Judges, policy makers, law & sociology academics, plus lay readers seeking a more informed understanding of criminal justice in New Zealand.