Justice with both eyes open / Marc Alexander.

Cover sub title: A challenge to the New Zealand criminal justice system.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.

Foreword / Greg Newbold -- Introduction : the landscape of crime -- Violent crime -- 'White-collar' crime, retail theft, shoplifting and burglary -- Identity theft -- Missing persons -- Child sex and pornographic crimes -- Animal cruelty : a barometer of social violence -- The logic of Police crime reduction interventions -- The integration of policy and practice -- Victims' rights -- A point of view : from inside -- Crime and punishment : the criminal justice system -- The growth in crime -- Theories of crime -- The nature of punishment -- Capital punishment -- Life imprisonment without parole : an alternative? -- Public perceptions of the criminal justice system -- Temporary release -- Payouts to inmates -- Does the punishment fit the crime? -- Taking the law into their own hands : home invasions -- The age of responsibility -- Legal aid -- The failure of the criminal justice system to prevent re-offending -- The causes of criminal behaviour -- A biological basis for criminality? -- Brain toxins and behaviour -- Diet and criminal behaviour -- Risk factors for a pathway to crime : identification and intervention -- Child maltreatment and juvenile offending -- Parenting practices, family intervention and delinquent behaviours -- Evaluation of early intervention programmes -- Unemployment and youth offending : cause or effect? -- Gambling and crime -- Cultural attitudes and crime -- A culture of violence -- Television violence -- Video games -- Training to kill -- Desensitisation -- Classical conditioning -- Operant conditioning -- Role modelling -- Child bullying -- Gender differences in violence -- Domestic violence against women -- Battered women syndrome -- Rape and criminal profiling -- Crime resolution technologies -- Forensic pathology in New Zealand : a service in crisis? -- Systemic failures -- Sex offender recidivism -- Special treatment units : Te Piriti and Kia Marama -- Sexual abuse of males -- The prison system -- A brief history -- Reconviction and reimprisonment rates -- Inmate employment -- Post-release accommodation -- Integrated Offender Management (IOM) -- Drug and alcohol use in New Zealand prisons -- The drug debate : marijuana -- General health issues -- Cannabis use and time perspectives of young male inmates -- Women in the criminal justice system -- Gender differences in sentencing -- Paremoremo : a special case -- Sentencing Act 2002 and Parole Act 2002 -- Victims of crime -- Karen's story -- New Zealanders as victims -- The Victims' Rights Act -- Pacific people as victims of crime -- Towards solutions -- Offenders' needs or victims' needs? -- Lessons from New York -- Police resource problems in New Zealand -- Lessons from Perth : confiscate the proceeds of crime? -- Youth offending -- The youth offending strategy -- An integrated approach -- The prevention of violence : implications for Police and strategic development -- Families and drug abuse -- Project Early -- Project Pegasus -- Other programmes -- Private management of prisons - better for less -- Crime prevention through environmental design -- Territorial enforcement -- Surveillance cameras -- Can imprisonment reduce crime? -- Restorative justice -- A call to action -- Recommendations -- Reflections on the tragedy of Coral-Ellen Burrows -- Recent examples of cruelty to animals -- The Department of Corrections : services and funding -- Prisons in New Zealand -- Restorative Justice Organisations -- Marijuana and mental illness.

A personal and passionate challenge to historical assumptions underlying the criminal justice system. The author speculates on possible underlying reasons for an explosion of crime, including the deleterious effects of diet, bad town planning, violent television programmes and video games.