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Consideration of the Impact of Imprisonment on Children in Sentencing: recent New Zealand Supreme Court and Court of Appeal cases

The Supreme Court and Court of Appeal have, in recent decisions, explicitly recognised the impact of imprisonment of parents of young children; both on their children and on the prisoners’ own rehabilitative prospects. The cases discussed here are: Philip v … Continue reading

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