Antje Deckert

Dr Antje Deckert is a senior lecturer in criminology at AUT

Ātea
Oct 22, 2019

Mother or villain? How Māori women offenders are portrayed in news reporting

Criminologist Antje Deckert has just completed a two-year study of how women offenders are portrayed in New Zealand newspapers. The results show journalists are telling very different stories abut Māori and Pākehā. 

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Society
Mar 30, 2017

Piling cash into boosting police numbers is pointless, and this graph proves it

The evidence shows that a 'tough on crime' approach is a posture, not a solution, writes criminologist Antje Deckert.

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