Central issues include constitutional change, international obligations and relations, the Treaty of Waitangi relationship between the Crown and Maori, the maintenance of human rights, the legislative process, the implications of the MMP election system, and court structures and processes. Additional issues included changes in criminal justice system policies over the past decade, responses to crime, victimization surveys, public attitudes toward the criminal justice system, victims of crime, crime prevention, Maori offending, and sentencing policy and guidance. Tables