Criminal Law
Criminal Bar Association and LexisNexis launch - That’s Just Criminal podcast
Today, Vice Presidents of the Criminal Bar Association Annabel Cresswell and Sumudu Thode released the first two episodes of the That’s Just Criminal podcast, an insightful look behind the scenes of the criminal justice system, both in Aotearoa and overseas. The first episode ‘Is silence golden? The dilemma of calling...
Risk assessment algorithms in the New Zealand criminal justice system
BY OLIVER FREDRICKSON, WELLINGTON, WITH REASSESSMENT This article was originally published in the New Zealand Law Journal – Issue 328 INTRODUCTION Across the world, police officers, judges, and parole boards are turning to sophisticated algorithmic risk assessments to guide increasingly important decisions. Unknown...