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Justice Sector Strategy
2011 Justice Sector ForecastHistorical perspectives and forecast trends
Justice Horizons Seminar27 October 2011
ContentsLong-term crime trends
Demographic trends
Crime resolution trends
Court volume trends
Forecast sentence trends
ContentsLong-term crime trends
Demographic trends
Crime resolution trends
Court volume trends
Forecast sentence trends
Murder rate: Newspaper headlines
2008
“Violent crime rises 11%”“Violent crime, including murder, jumped dramatically in the year to June...”Otago Daily Times, 1 October 2008
2009
“NZ's murder rate halved in past 20 years”“...despite an overwhelming public belief that crime has got worse.”New Zealand Herald, 7 April 2009
2010
“Murder rate up 20 per cent”“...increase of 38.6 per cent in recorded homicide and related offences.”Dominion Post, 1 October 2010
2011
“Murder rate at 25-year low”“Homicide and related offending dropped 23.8 per cent”Stuff, 3 October 2011
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Murder rate: Long-term per capita rate
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Murder rate: Long-term per capita rate
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Each of the newspaper headlines is accurateDownward trend from mid-1980s, though quite volatileUpward trend from low point in the 1950s, then large step up in 1985
Change in recording practice in 1978, following introduction of the Wanganui Computer
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Murder rate: Long-term per capita rate
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Each of the newspaper headlines is accurateDownward trend from mid-1980s, though quite volatileUpward trend from low point in the 1950s, then large step up in 1985Volatile and slightly downward/flat prior to 1950
Change in recording practice in 1978, following introduction of the Wanganui Computer
Source: Roger Falloon, data compiled from multiple sources
Murder rate: Very long-term per capita rate
Source: Manuel Eisner, “Long-Term Historical Trends in Violent Crime”, 2003
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Taking a longer view provides some perspectiveRecent rates are substantially lower than in previous centuries
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Previous chart on the same vertical scale
Taking a longer view provides some perspectiveRecent rates are substantially lower than in previous centuries
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2011 headline:
“Murder rate falls 97% in 500 years”
Taking a longer view provides some perspectiveRecent rates are substantially lower than in previous centuries
Previous chart on the same vertical scale
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Tough on crime: A long-term perspective
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From 1994 “Crime rate” represents reported crime. Earlier figures are equivalent estimates from Statistics NZ.
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Tough on crime: A long-term perspective
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Tough on crime: A long-term perspective
Data sourced from Statistics NZ, Police Annual Reports, and Department of Corrections.
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Tough on crime: A long-term perspective
Data sourced from Statistics NZ, Police Annual Reports, and Department of Corrections.
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Traffic Officers merge with Police in 1992
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Traffic Officers merge with Police in 1992
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Data sourced from Statistics NZ, Police Annual Reports, and Department of Corrections.
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Police force Prison muster Crime rate
Tough on crime: A long-term perspectiveRecorded crime rate leapt from the 1950s to peak in 1992; declining since thenSince the 1950s the per capita number of sworn Police has more than doubledImprisonment rate has more than doubled since the 1980sThese trends reflect “tough on crime” policies, common to many countries
Traffic Officers merge with Police in 1992
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Data sourced from Statistics NZ, Police Annual Reports, and Department of Corrections.
From 1994 “Crime rate” represents reported crime. Earlier figures are equivalent estimates from Statistics NZ.
Crime is falling in many countriesCrime is falling across most Western countries:
United States: crime has been falling since 1991Australia: on-going decline since peak in 2001Scotland: recorded crime at its lowest level for over 30 years, having peaked in 2004/05Canada: reported crime volume declining over the past decade; Crime Severity Index declined 22% from 1999 to 2009England and Wales: offences are declining, having peaked in 2007/08Netherlands: recently started hiring out their prisons to Belgium, citing a reduction in crime as one of the reasons they had space
Crime is falling in many countriesCrime is falling across most Western countries:
United States: crime has been falling since 1991Australia: on-going decline since peak in 2001Scotland: recorded crime at its lowest level for over 30 years, having peaked in 2004/05Canada: reported crime volume declining over the past decade; Crime Severity Index declined 22% from 1999 to 2009England and Wales: offences are declining, having peaked in 2007/08Netherlands: recently started hiring out their prisons to Belgium, citing a reduction in crime as one of the reasons they had space
Though there are exceptions, for example:
Sweden: increasing crimeFinland: flat volumes for 2000 to 2009
Crime is falling in many countries – why?Many theories about why crime is falling (in the US, though similar in NZ):
The Obama effect – election of a black president had an inspirational effectFall in demand for crack – leading to a fall in associated violent crimeSmarter policing – targeting high risk factorsNumber crunching – analysis of crime patternsLegal abortion – fewer children for young, poor, single mothersMore criminals behind bars – so less opportunity to offendReduced exposure to lead in petrol – reducing behavioural problemsDemographics – the Baby Boomers grew upVideo games – keeping young people off the streets [+ social media?]Proliferation of camera phones – increasing the risk of being caught
Much debate about these (and other) theories, but no consensus.
Source: “US crime figures: Why the drop?”, Tom Geoghegan, 21 June 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13799616
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ContentsLong-term crime trends
Demographic trends
Crime resolution trends
Court volume trends
Forecast sentence trends
18-19
20-24
25-29
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Percentage of adult population
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Demographic structure: Age comparison
Year: 2010
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25 to 6469%
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Convicted All NZ
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Demographic structure: The “Echo Boomers”
Historical
Echo Boomers (born ~1982-95), children of the Baby Boomers (born 1946-61)Most reach age 18-24 in the years 2000-2013
Echo Boomers start reaching
age 18
Demographic structure: The “Echo Boomers”Echo Boomers (born ~1982-95), children of the Baby Boomers (born 1946-61)Most reach age 18-24 in the years 2000-2013
Total population of 18-24 year olds expected to peak in 2013 then decline until 2023
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Decline from 2013 to 2023
Demographic structure: The “Echo Boomers”Echo Boomers (born ~1982-95), children of the Baby Boomers (born 1946-61)Most reach age 18-24 in the years 2000-2013:
Total population of 18-24 year olds expected to peak in 2013 then decline until 2023After a plateau from 2000 to 2010, proportional share of population resumes decline
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Plateau from 2000 to 2010
Demographic structure: The “Echo Boomers”Echo Boomers (born ~1982-95), children of the Baby Boomers (born 1946-61)Most reach age 18-24 in the years 2000-2013
Total population of 18-24 year olds expected to peak in 2013 then decline until 2023After a plateau from 2000 to 2010, proportional share of population resumes decline
All else being equal, expect flat/declining crime due to demographic changes
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Plateau from 2000 to 2010
ContentsLong-term crime trends
Demographic trends
Crime resolution trends
Court volume trends
Forecast sentence trends
Crime resolution rate is increasingRecorded crime volume fairly stable over the last decade
Per capita recorded crime rate continued to fall
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Meanwhile, resolved crime increasingTherefore, crime resolution rate is steadily climbing
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Return to greater use of warnings
Definition: This data includes all criminal offences except Traffic.
Stable from 1994 to 2002
Less propensity to prosecute, though conviction rate of those prosecuted has been steadily increasing
Prosecutions increased, while warnings and Youth Aid declined
1994 to 2002: type of offence resolution was stable2003 to 2008: fewer warnings and Youth Aid diversion; prosecutions increased2009 to 2010: less propensity to prosecute:
Warnings returned to previous level (Policing Excellence “Alternative Resolutions”)Though use of Youth Aid has remained at a lower level
Warnings returned to previous level
ContentsLong-term crime trends
Demographic trends
Crime resolution trends
Court volume trends
Forecast sentence trends
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Criminal court volumes are falling
Definition: Court volume is measured in terms of number of people with a case or cases ending on a given day. This measure may differ from other court volume statistics.
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1990
/91
1992
/93
1994
/95
1996
/97
1998
/99
2000
/01
2002
/03
2004
/05
2006
/07
2008
/09
2010
/11
2012
/13
2014
/15
2016
/17
2018
/19
2020
/21
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Court volume - long term trend
Actual Forecast
Criminal court volumes are falling
Definition: Court volume is measured in terms of number of people with a case or cases ending on a given day. This measure may differ from other court volume statistics.
Police forecast further reduction in offences and prosecutions, returning to the 2005 court volume by 2015.
Court volume stable from 1990 to 2002Then rose to peak in 2009/1013% reduction in prosecutions occurred in the 2010/11 yearPolice forecast a further reduction in prosecutions
Due to Policing Excellence and a general reduction in reported crime
Stable 1990 to 2002
Peak in 2009 and 2010
13% drop in prosecutions in
2010/11
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Jun 00 Jun 01 Jun 02 Jun 03 Jun 04 Jun 05 Jun 06 Jun 07 Jun 08 Jun 09 Jun 10 Jun 11
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Monthly
Community and Monetary sentences
Monetary CPS Monetary + CPS
Community vs. Monetary sentencesTotal sentence volume is driven by prosecution volume and conviction rateCommunity sentences increasing as a proportion of total sentences
The other sentence types are:
Prison (8% of total)
Other (15% of total, mainly ‘conviction and discharge’ ).
CPS = Community Probation Service
New Community sentences introduced
in October 2007
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Jun 00 Jun 01 Jun 02 Jun 03 Jun 04 Jun 05 Jun 06 Jun 07 Jun 08 Jun 09 Jun 10 Jun 11
Prop
orti
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f all
sent
ence
s (%
)
Monthly
Community and Monetary sentences
Monetary CPS Monetary + CPS
Community vs. Monetary sentencesTotal sentence volume is driven by prosecution volume and conviction rateCommunity sentences increasing as a proportion of total sentencesAt the expense of monetary sentences (mostly court-imposed fines)
Due to combination of fines going out of favour and new community sentence options
The other sentence types are:
Prison (8% of total)
Other (15% of total, mainly ‘conviction and discharge’ ).
CPS = Community Probation Service
Forecast assumes slight increase in Community sentence proportion, and slight decrease in Monetary proportion.
New Community sentences introduced
in October 2007
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Jun 00 Jun 01 Jun 02 Jun 03 Jun 04 Jun 05 Jun 06 Jun 07 Jun 08 Jun 09 Jun 10 Jun 11
Prop
orti
on o
f all
sent
ence
s (%
)
Monthly
Community and Monetary sentences
Monetary CPS Monetary + CPS
Community vs. Monetary sentencesTotal sentence volume is driven by prosecution volume and conviction rateCommunity sentences increasing as a proportion of total sentencesAt the expense of monetary sentences (mostly court-imposed fines)
Due to combination of fines going out of favour and new community sentence options
Total of community + monetary sentences is fairly stable
The other sentence types are:
Prison (8% of total)
Other (15% of total, mainly ‘conviction and discharge’ ).
CPS = Community Probation Service
Forecast assumes slight increase in Community sentence proportion, and slight decrease in Monetary proportion.
New Community sentences introduced
in October 2007
ContentsLong-term crime trends
Demographic trends
Crime resolution trends
Court volume trends
Forecast sentence trends
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
Nu
mb
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f sta
rts
Quarter ending
Community sentences: Starts
Forecast community sentences startsSentence starts doubled following introduction of new sentences in 2007
Existing sentences, Community Work (64% of total) and Supervision, have also grown strongly since 2007
New sentences introduced in October 2007
Includes %total
CommunityWork
64%
Supervision 17%
IntensiveSupervision
4%
Extended Supervision
0%
Community Detention
9%
Home Detention
6%
Forecast community sentences startsSentence starts doubled following introduction of new sentences in 2007
Existing sentences, Community Work (64% of total) and Supervision, have also grown strongly since 2007
Now expected to essentially plateau, due to declining prosecutions, offset by substitution from fines and remittal of fines to community sentences
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
Nu
mb
er o
f sta
rts
Quarter ending
Community sentences: Starts
New sentences introduced in October 2007
Includes %total
CommunityWork
64%
Supervision 17%
IntensiveSupervision
4%
Extended Supervision
0%
Community Detention
9%
Home Detention
6%
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Date
Prison population
4% buffer Reserve capacity
Total capacity Actual weekly maximum 2011 Justice Sector Forecast
Forecast prison populationPrison capacity has increased significantly in recent yearsPrevious forecasts showed an increasing prison population
Change in definition of capacity
New Wiri prison expected to open April 2015
New Mt Eden prison opened 1 June 2011 Old Mt Eden prison closed 1 August 2011
"Reserve Capacity" represents capacity that is not available for operational use, but which could be utilised in an emergency.
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Date
Prison population
Unused capacity 4% buffer Reserve capacity
Total capacity Actual weekly maximum 2011 Justice Sector Forecast
Forecast prison populationPrison capacity has increased significantly in recent yearsPrevious forecasts showed an increasing prison population
Change in definition of capacity
New Wiri prison expected to open April 2015
New Mt Eden prison opened 1 June 2011 Old Mt Eden prison closed 1 August 2011
"Reserve Capacity" represents capacity that is not available for operational use, but which could be utilised in an emergency.
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Date
Prison population
Unused capacity 4% buffer Reserve capacity
Total capacity Actual weekly maximum 2011 Justice Sector Forecast
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Date
Prison population
Unused capacity 4% buffer Reserve capacity
Total capacity Actual weekly maximum 2011 Justice Sector Forecast
Forecast prison populationPrison capacity has increased significantly in recent yearsPrevious forecasts showed an increasing prison population2011 forecast is very different:
Includes impacts of Policing ExcellencePrison population peaked in November 2010; forecast to fall over the next few years
"Reserve Capacity" represents capacity that is not available for operational use, but which could be utilised in an emergency.
Forecast 6% fall in prison population over the next 10 years, compared with 46% increase over the previous 10 years.
Change in definition of capacity
New Mt Eden prison opened 1 June 2011 Old Mt Eden prison closed 1 August 2011
New Wiri prison expected to open April 2015
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
June 2008
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
2008 forecast
June 2008
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
June 2009
2008 forecast
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
2008 forecast
2009 forecastJune 2009
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
June 2010 2008 forecast
2009 forecast
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
2008 forecast
2009 forecast2010 forecast
June 2010
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
June 2011 2008 forecast
2009 forecast2010 forecast
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
Pri
so
ne
rs
Week
Prison population: series of forecasts
2008 forecast 2009 forecast 2010 forecast 2011 forecast Actual
Bending back the curveThe justice sector is a dynamic system that changes over timePolicies and procedures were put in place to reduce the seemingly ever-growing prison population forecastConsequently, newer forecasts reflect changing expectations as the system responds to earlier forecasts
2011 forecast
2008 forecast
2009 forecast2010 forecast
June 2011
Dropping off the peakCurrent prison population per capita is close to the all time high
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Historical and forecast prison muster per capita
Dropping off the peakCurrent prison population per capita is close to the all time highThe forecast decline in the prison population returns the per capita rate to around the 2005 level
0
25
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75
100
125
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175
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Historical and forecast prison muster per capita
Dropping off the peakCurrent prison population per capita is close to the all time highThe forecast decline in the prison population returns the per capita rate to around the 2005 level
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
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Historical and forecast prison muster per capita
Forecast for 2021 is still more than 3 times higher than in 1950
“Prediction is very difficult,
especially about the future.”Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (1885 - 1962)
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