Support for Victims
Policy Overview
United Future Will:
- Ensure that Courts make the welfare and safety of victims, their families and the public paramount when considering bail applications.
- Introduce the following changes to Parole Board proceedings: Allow relative/s of the victim to be heard in person or through counsel, when considering parole applications. Parole Board to give consideration to reports by the prison management and staff on the offenders behaviour and likelihood of reoffending. Allow the Parole Board discretion to decide when offenders have to re-appear for parole proceedings.
- Fully support victim restoration programmes for criminals of non-violent crimes, to ensure that offenders and their families compensate victims for their losses and face up to the people they have hurt.
- Make provision to track stolen money, irrespective of where it has been spent or invested, and return it the rightful owner.
- Ensure that offenders are unable to profit from their crimes, for example though book royalties and media interviews.
United Future Parliamentary Office: Bowen House, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Email: Phone: (04) 471 9890
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