Explaining Recent Innovations in New Zealand's Criminal Justice System: Empowering Maori or Biculturalising the State?
1999; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/000486589903200205
ISSN1837-9273
Autores Tópico(s)Law in Society and Culture
ResumoThis paper provides an overview of the relationship between Maori and the criminal justice system in New Zealand since Moana Jackson published “Maori and the Criminal Justice System: He Whaipaanga Hou” in 1988. Jackson argued that the cultural insensitivity and bias inherent in the criminal justice system, lies at the heart of the Maori over-representation problem. The focus of my paper is on the incorporation of Maori justice practices and philosophies within the family group conferencing forum established in 1989. The discussion of this initiative will take place within the framework of an evaluation of ‘bi-culturalism’ and the struggle by Maori to achieve autonomy in the realm of justice.
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