Conviction and sentencing statistics released
Media advisory
Conviction and sentencing
statistics released
The Ministry of Justice has released the latest annual compilation of criminal conviction and sentencing statistics, covering the 1998-2007 calendar years.
This is a comprehensive compilation of statistics on criminal court proceedings and convictions, providing useful data on long-term trends for government agencies and the general public.
The data
include:
prosecutions and
convictions
sentencing
custodial sentences and
remands
community-based sentences
monetary
penalties.
The data is available in the table builder section of the Statistics New Zealand website www.statistics.govt.nz and a summary is available on the Ministry of Justice website http://www.justice.govt.nz/pubs/reports/index.html
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