Attitudes to Crime and Punishment: A New Zealand Study

Foreword  | AcknowledgementsTables & Figures  | Executive Summary | IntroductionLevels of knowledge about crime and the criminal justice system | Attitudes to criminal justice professionals | Crime seriousness | Sentencing practice | Aims of sentencing | General discussion/concluding remarks | References | Appendices


Tables

Table 2.1 Estimates of the amount of violent crime compared across surveys

Table 3.1 How good a job are they doing? Ratings of criminal justice professionals 

Table 3.2 Ratings of criminal justice professionals: A comparison of findings for the New Zealand and British public

Table 4.1 Mean rankings of crime seriousness

Table 4.2 Relative rankings of crime seriousness

Table 5.1 Sentences selected for 'John' - convicted of theft through fraudulent use

Table 5.2 Sentences selected for 'Peter' - convicted of male assaults female

Table 5.3 Sentences selected for 'Joe' - convicted of driving with excess breath alcohol

Table 5.4 Sentences selected for 'Mary' - convicted of smuggling heroin

Table 5.5 Sentences selected for 'Paul' - convicted of aggravated burglary

Table 5.6 Sentences selected for 'Jane' - convicted possession of cannabis

Table 6.1 Most important aim

Table 6.2 Aims in sentencing 'John' for theft through fraudulent use

Table 6.3 Aims in sentencing 'Peter' for male assaults female

Table 6.4 Aims in sentencing 'Joe' for driving with excess breath alcohol level 

Table 6.5 Aims in sentencing 'Mary' for smuggling heroin

Table 6.6 Aims in sentencing 'Paul' for aggravated burglary 

Table 6.7 Aims in sentencing 'Jane' for possession of cannabis

Table 6.8 Number of times most important aim was mentioned across six scenarios 

Figures

Figure 2.1 Changes in recorded crime 

Figure 2.2 How much reported crime is violent?

Figure 2.3 Knowledge of rate of burglary

Figure 2.4 Cost of keeping a person in prison for one year

Figure 2.5 Knowledge of maximum sentence for rape

Figure 2.6 Knowledge of average sentence for rape

Figure 2.7 Knowledge of actual time spent in prison for rape

Figure 2.8 Knowledge of time spent in prison for a life sentence

Figure 2.9 Knowledge of reconviction rates

Figure 2.10 Knowledge of offending while on bail

Figure 3.1 How good a job are they doing? Ratings of criminal justice professionals

Figure 4.1 Relative rankings of crime seriousness

Figure 5.1 Most serious sentence for 'John' - convicted of theft through fraudulent use

Figure 5.2 Most serious sentence for 'Peter' - convicted of male assaults female

Figure 5.3 Most serious sentence for 'Joe' - convicted of driving with excess breath alcohol

Figure 5.4 Most serious sentence for 'Mary' - convicted of smuggling heroin

Figure 5.5 Most serious sentence for 'Paul' - convicted of aggravated burglary

Figure 5.6 Most serious sentence for 'Jane' - convicted of possession of cannabis

Figure 5.7 Seriousness of the sentence chosen for the scenario compared with for the one-line description