Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 20, 2021 5:36:10 GMT 12
IWI COMMUNITY PANEL REOFFENDING RATE AN ABJECT FAILURE AT 75%
Police Minister Poto Williams has once again stated that the Iwi Community Panels are a success because the 'referrals resulted in a 22.5 percent reduction in harm caused by reoffending'; what she is failing to mention is that almost 75 percent of people who go through these panels go on to commit further crime, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust.
“An almost 75 percent reoffending rate in any system is an abject failure and by attempting to hide behind some ‘bottom of the barrel’ statistic like ‘reoffending harm’ is disingenuous at best.”
“That’s three-quarters of all offenders that go through this system go straight back out onto the street and commit more crime.”…..
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2104/S00137/iwi-community-panel-reoffending-rate-an-abject-failure-at-75.htm
Police Minister Poto Williams has once again stated that the Iwi Community Panels are a success because the 'referrals resulted in a 22.5 percent reduction in harm caused by reoffending'; what she is failing to mention is that almost 75 percent of people who go through these panels go on to commit further crime, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust.
“An almost 75 percent reoffending rate in any system is an abject failure and by attempting to hide behind some ‘bottom of the barrel’ statistic like ‘reoffending harm’ is disingenuous at best.”
“That’s three-quarters of all offenders that go through this system go straight back out onto the street and commit more crime.”…..
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2104/S00137/iwi-community-panel-reoffending-rate-an-abject-failure-at-75.htm