NCJ Number
198230
Date Published
2002
Length
60 pages
Annotation
This report from the New Zealand Ministry of Justice documents the Ministry’s role and goals for the years 2002 to 2003.
Abstract
Highlighting crime reduction measures and respecting citizen’s rights and the rule of law, this report describes the Ministry’s Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Group and its Public Law Group. Addressing external influences impacting the Ministry of Justice, this report details government mandates, social changes, justice sector complexity, strategic focus, and public expectations affecting New Zealand’s legal framework. Focusing on internal influences impacting the Ministry of Justice, this document discusses ensuring the realization of the New Zealand government’s vision and respecting the environment as chief issues. Discussing New Zealand’s communities, this report details the Ministry of Justice’s crime reduction strategies, aiming to reduce violent crime, youth offending, organized crime, car-related theft, family violence, and burglaries. Focusing on New Zealand’s rule of law, this report discusses the Ministry’s goals of securing a fair and effective justice system, effective relationship between the government and citizens, and maintaining a parliamentary electoral process in which citizens have confidence. Describing the impact that the Ministry’s goals will have on New Zealand’s communities, this report addresses leadership, quality police advice and services, and knowledge and learning. A series of tables and graphs detailing the Ministry of Justice’s Financial Statements and Accounting Policies is followed by a discussion of non-departmental output classes and the Ministry of Justice’s organizational structure in order to complete this report.