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Congrats to the new CEO of NZ. What benefits will National bring to NZ over the next 3 years? (lemmy.nz)

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Let's look on the bright side. The people voted this way (quite significantly) so they must be seeing something positive there. I already know all the downsides so let's discuss the upsides.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll need to give those a read tomorrow. And possibly save them for the next time someone spouts nonsense at me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We are having an interesting discussion about these sources here. It might provide you with more information and context.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Only the second article has any real support for the claims, and that just shows that criminals who are sentenced for 10 years or more a much less likely to reoffend than those sentenced less. This is almost certainly just backing up a known fact that people convicted of any violent offense are less likely to be re-arrested in the years after release than those convicted of property, drug, or public order offenses.