The continuing impact of amalgamation, assimilation and integration policies

Figures & data

Figure 1. Comparative rates of crime, police and people in prison. Notes: Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections & New Zealand Police. Maintaining a safe NZ and working towards a more humane and effective criminal justice system. Wellington, NZ: Authors 2017. Reprinted from Using evidence to build a better justice system: The challenge of rising prison costs, Ian Lambie, Figure 3, Page 7, with permission from the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. https://www.pmcsa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Usingevidence-to-build-a-better-justice-system.pdf

Figure 2. Prison population increases and legislation. Notes: Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections & New Zealand Police. Maintaining a safe NZ and working towards a more humane and effective criminal justice system. Wellington, NZ: Authors 2017. Reprinted from Using evidence to build a better justice system: The challenge of rising prison costs, Ian Lambie, Figure 6, Page 10, with permission from the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. https://www.pmcsa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Usingevidence-to-build-a-better-justice-system.pdf

Table 1. Disproportionate imprisonment rates (as at August 2013).

Ethnicity	Proportion of total population (%)	Sub-population totals	Prisoners (end of August 2013)	Imprisonment rate (per 100,000 sub-population)
Māori	14.6	649,700	4285	660
Pacific	6.9	307,050	1006	328
NZ European	69.0	3,070,500	2847	93
Asian/other	9.5	422,750	376	NA: many are foreign nationals
Total	100	4,450,000	8514	191

Note: Department of Corrections calculation as at August 2013.

Reprinted from Using evidence to build a better justice system: The challenge of rising prison costs, Ian Lambie, Table 1, Pages 18, with permission from the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. https://www.pmcsa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Using-evidence-to-build-a-better-justice-system.pdf