We produce a range of information and statistics across a wide variety of activity within the justice sector.
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Statistics on annual court and tribunal workloads (new business, disposals and active cases), and waiting times to trial/defended hearing.
Projections relating to various justice sector issues, including prison population, community sentencing, Crown prosecutions/appeals and legal aid expenditure.
Captures the underlying level of crime in New Zealand, delivers core crime and victimisation measures, and provides regular and timely crime and victimisation information for New Zealanders.
We want to invest where it will make the biggest difference, so we need to know what works to reduce crime. Evidence Briefs summarise the evidence about how well an investment reduces crime, how much is spent on it, and whether there is scope to increase the level of investment.
Our research programme is improving the evidence-base on family violence and sexual violence so we understand the experience of court participants and what works to improve outcomes.
The Young Adult List (YAL) is a judicially-led initiative being piloted in the Porirua District Court.
Research produced or commissioned by the Ministry of Justice using NZCVS data is published here.
The JSS is an annual survey conducted across New Zealand’s high courts and district courts that run jury trials.
If you have any queries about the information or statistics produced feel free to contact us at one of the following email addresses:
General inquiries: SectorInsights@justice.govt.nz
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