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Māori and Prison

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This chapter explores the crisis of Māori incarceration. It recognises that incarceration is a lived experience for too many Māori men and women. It focusses on the issue and responses to the disproportionality of Māori in prison. It recognises that mass incarceration in New Zealand is Māori incarceration, and the impact on families and communities creates the conditions for cumulative and inter-generational disadvantage. The authors elaborate upon the prison experience from an Indigenous perspective and discuss whether Department of Corrections’ cultural identity policies and practices contribute to rehabilitation and reintegration objectives.

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  1. Sociology and Criminology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Tracey McIntosh

  2. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    Kim Workman

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  1. Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

    Antje Deckert

  2. University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Rick Sarre

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McIntosh, T., Workman, K. (2017). Māori and Prison. In: Deckert, A., Sarre, R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Australian and New Zealand Criminology, Crime and Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55747-2_48

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