Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 30, 2017 16:13:37 GMT 12
NEW INITIATIVE FOR HASTINGS CRIME
A Maori initiative to address low-level crime as an alternative to prosecution will be trialled in Hawke's Bay.
Hastings is among four new areas to have been chosen to be part of the iwi justice panel programme.
An iwi panel, which is used as an alternative to prosecution, is a meeting at which a panel of community members, an offender, victim and their whānau discuss the offence committed.
They work together to focus on harm caused, develop a plan that addresses factors related to the offending and help get the offender's life on a more positive path.
Iwi panels were trialled in Gisborne, Hutt Valley and Manukau in 2014 with the programme still continuing in these areas.
It will now be rolled out in Hastings, Northland, Papakura, Waikato and Rotorua.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11928068
A Maori initiative to address low-level crime as an alternative to prosecution will be trialled in Hawke's Bay.
Hastings is among four new areas to have been chosen to be part of the iwi justice panel programme.
An iwi panel, which is used as an alternative to prosecution, is a meeting at which a panel of community members, an offender, victim and their whānau discuss the offence committed.
They work together to focus on harm caused, develop a plan that addresses factors related to the offending and help get the offender's life on a more positive path.
Iwi panels were trialled in Gisborne, Hutt Valley and Manukau in 2014 with the programme still continuing in these areas.
It will now be rolled out in Hastings, Northland, Papakura, Waikato and Rotorua.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11928068