Media Releases

12 December 2007

Conviction and sentencing statistics released

The Ministry of Justice has released the latest annual compilation of criminal conviction and sentencing statistics, covering the 1997-2006 calendar years.

This is the most comprehensive compilation of statistics on criminal court proceedings and convictions, providing useful data on long-term trends for government agencies and the general public.

The data include:

• prosecutions and convictions
• sentencing
• custodial sentences and remands
• community-based sentences
• monetary penalties.

The data is available on the Statistics New Zealand website (www.statistics.govt.nz) and a summary is available on the Ministry of Justice website (www.justice.govt.nz).

For more information contact Tomas Kriha on (021) 636 416.