The shafting of NZPARS Commonsense suggests that if you grow up in a family in which one or other of your parents spends most of your childhood in prison, you are pretty likely to follow suit. While our Fact Sheet finds that the factors leading to the transfer of criminal behaviour [...]
The phenomenon of intergenerational crime is where offending by a parent seems to make it more likely that the children will also offend. While many researchers in the field think there is such a link, there is as yet no consensus on the strength of the link, nor on the mechanisms by which the tendency [...]
Following the Twelfth Annual General Meeting, the Howard League for Penal Reform welcomes a newly elected committee for 2010/2011. Special thanks went to Kathy Dunstall and Nigel Hampton QC, who will remain on the committee. Lady Christina McCombs (patron) remains on the executive. We also welcome Jarrod Gilbert as the new Howard League advocate, while [...]