However, having said that the perspective is understandable when one starts with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, the whole affair is nevertheless inexplicable from the point of view of those who say—whether victims' advocates, victims themselves, or others who share that point of view—that those who have repeatedly offended against the rule of law and, indeed, broken specific laws should not be given more opportunities than they currently enjoy to participate in that process, at least until such time as they have served their period of detention.