Police Perceptions of Maori - Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Police Perceptions of Maori - Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Police Perceptions of Maori - Rethinking Crime and Punishment
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Contents<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Tables iv<br />
Executive summary v<br />
Introduction 1<br />
Method 3<br />
Questionnaire design 3<br />
<strong>Police</strong> behaviour 3<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers' attitudes 4<br />
General questions on policy <strong>and</strong> strategy 5<br />
Background characteristics 5<br />
Piloting 5<br />
Sample selection 5<br />
Distribution <strong>of</strong> questionnaires 6<br />
Responses 6<br />
Data presentation <strong>and</strong> analysis 8<br />
Results 10<br />
Description <strong>of</strong> sample 10<br />
<strong>Police</strong> attitudes <strong>and</strong> behaviour in general 12<br />
<strong>Police</strong> responses to differences in ethnicity 12<br />
Racist language 13<br />
Specific police responses to <strong>Maori</strong> <strong>and</strong> Caucasian 14<br />
Negative attitudes to different ethnic groups 17<br />
Changing attitudes over time 19<br />
<strong>Maori</strong> <strong>and</strong> other police <strong>of</strong>ficers 19<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers' attitudes 20<br />
Factors affecting attitudes 25<br />
<strong>Police</strong> policy <strong>and</strong> strategy 27<br />
Differences in the views <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maori</strong> <strong>and</strong> NZ European<br />
police <strong>of</strong>ficers 29<br />
Policy proposals 33<br />
Summary <strong>and</strong> discussion 35<br />
References 40<br />
Appendix 41<br />
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