JustSpeak - Maori and the Criminal Justice System - Rethinking ...
JustSpeak - Maori and the Criminal Justice System - Rethinking ...
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ainstorming about Māori <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> criminal justice system around two guiding<br />
questions, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n reporting back on <strong>the</strong> group’s views as a whole. The views<br />
were written on a whiteboard, which was photographed, <strong>and</strong> small group<br />
brainstorming was recorded on large sheets of paper that were collected by <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>JustSpeak</strong> Steering Committee.<br />
The analysis that follows uses<br />
<strong>the</strong>se discussions as a<br />
springboard to explore bigger<br />
issues around Māori <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
criminal justice system. After this<br />
introduction, <strong>the</strong> paper examines<br />
first how issues of Māori <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
criminal justice system were<br />
highlighted in <strong>the</strong> 1980s, by<br />
Moana Jackson <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs. In<br />
Part Three attention turns to <strong>the</strong><br />
current place of <strong>the</strong> debate on<br />
<strong>the</strong>se same issues, <strong>and</strong> whe<strong>the</strong>r progress has been made since <strong>the</strong> 1980s. Part<br />
Four summarises <strong>the</strong> ideas that were raised by <strong>the</strong> <strong>JustSpeak</strong> forum on Māori<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> criminal justice system.<br />
Parts Five <strong>and</strong> Six delve more deeply into <strong>the</strong> issues explored at that forum. Part<br />
Five develops some of <strong>the</strong> suggested solutions mentioned at <strong>the</strong> forum into more<br />
concrete policy proposals, <strong>and</strong> Part Six highlights fur<strong>the</strong>r questions that need to<br />
be answered in <strong>the</strong> research literature so that policy can be more informed. The<br />
report closes with a brief conclusion, along with a bibliography.<br />
Succinct statements of <strong>JustSpeak</strong>’s positions are set out above <strong>and</strong> throughout<br />
<strong>the</strong> paper.<br />
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