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Report of the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into Violence Committee of Inquiry into Violence (Chair: Clinton Roper) - Wellington, New Zealand : Department of Justice, 1987 - 171 pages ; 30 cm.

Introduction (Terms of reference) -- Summary of recommendations -- Previous reports on violence -- Psychology of the violent offender -- Maori perspective -- Alcohol -- Advertising -- A Crime Commission -- Drugs and solvent abuse -- Diet -- Education -- Firearms and offensive weapons -- Gangs -- Home and family -- Napier Pilot City Trust -- Police -- Prison and community services -- Sentencing and allied matters -- Television violence -- Video violence -- Unemployment -- Violence in sport -- Victims -- Statistics -- Organisations and persons who made written submissions to the Committee - Organisations and persons who made oral submissions only.

This inquiry was announced by then Minister of Justice, Geoffrey Plamer on 28 April 1986. The inquiry sought and received submissions from a number of organisations on a wide range of issues relating to violence in New Zealand. The report was published in 1987. See also the New Zealand Police submissions, published in 1986 (#6552) Record #6551

Subjects--Topical Terms:
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIME
FAMILY VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
MĀORI
VIOLENCE
TŪKINOTANGA

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
NEW ZEALAND

Dewey Class. No.: 364.15 NEW