Guidance for Agencies Predicting the Impact on the Prison Population of Proposed Policies to Create or Amend Offences or Penalties

For All Public Sector Agencies by Ministry of Justice

Chapter 1 What this Guidance Covers

Chapter 2 Background

Chapter 3 Purpose of the Cabinet Directive

Chapter 4 Forecasting the Prison Population

Chapter 5 Creating or Amending Offences and Penalties: Current Requirements

Chapter 6 Predicting the Likely Impact on the Prison Population

Chapter 7 Incorporating the Impact on the Prison Population in a Cabinet Paper

Chapter 8 Case Studies

Case Study 1 - Implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption

Case Study 2 - Films, Videos, Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005

Appendix One: Contact Details for the Ministry of Justice

Full report PDF (53Kb)

First published in July 2005 by the Ministry of Justice

PO Box 180
Wellington
New Zealand

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