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Saving New Zealand – the Role of the Church and Faith Based Organisations in Criminal Justice.

Workman, Kim
June 4, 2015

Source: (-0001) Paper presented at the 4th New Zealand Christian Leaders Congress, May. Downloaded 11 August 2005.

This paper attempts to do four things: 1) Describe the New Zealand Corrections environment, and the downstream
consequences of current sentencing policy; 2) Describe the impact of faith on re-offending, rehabilitation and reintegration of criminal offenders; 3) Discuss the role of biblically based restorative justice in healing victims, restoring relationships and transforming communities; and 4) Examine the role of faith-based organisations in community transformation. (excerpt)

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