Abstract:
The primary brief for work on this report was to explore the factors that have led New Zealand to have a high incarceration rate and the associated impacts on the capital cost of prisons. Data for the reports were sourced from the Ministry of Justice and the Integrated Data Initiative. The first drafts were prepared by the Chief Science Advisor to the Justice Sector, Associate Professor Ian Lambie, who has been working in the justice sector for 30 years, assisted by the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman. Subsequent drafts have incorporated comments and inputs from other departmental science advisors.
