This is an excellent resource that will become required reading fo law, students, policy analysts, sociologists, Judges and police."--Publisher's description.
Importantly this text locates legal doctrine in the context of the constitutional foundations of the criminal justice system in contemporary Aotearoa, including the collision of two ancient and very different traditions of justice - tikanga ...
Serving as the only New Zealand–specific criminal justice text, this book takes a direct look at what is unique about the country’s criminal justice system and recent crime trends.
Criminal Law and Practice in New Zealand
For students and general readers, this book tackles the big questions: How can crime be explained? Is crime rising or falling and if so, why? How do the police operate? How do the courts work? What is the meaning of a "life" sentence?
"This book seeks answers to these questions and many more.
This handbook engages key debates in Australian and New Zealand criminology over the last 50 years.
The book continues to analyse, critique and guide, with specific content expansion on youth justice custody and the Rangatahi/Pasifika Courts.
Practitioners will benefit from this text, which provides guidance on the Acts provisions and machinery, the growing body of case law, and the status of a conceptually criminal regime which engages the civil procedure and civil standard of ...
Criminal Procedure in New Zealand is the leading text on understanding and applying the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.