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040 _aAFVC
100 _aDeckert, Antje
_98682
245 _aIndigeneity matters :
_bportrayal of women offenders in New Zealand newspapers
_cAntje Deckert
260 _bSage,
_c2019
500 _aCrime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 2019, Advance online publication, 9 September 2019
520 _aA growing body of research investigates women’s experiences within New Zealand’s criminal justice system, and several studies have addressed the misrepresentation of crime’s reality in news media. However, the discriminatory depiction of Indigenous women offenders in New Zealand’s press has yet to receive scholarly attention. Indigeneity and gender are both critical factors because Māori women constitute the fastest growing segment of New Zealand’s prison population, and media discourses help shape public consent to penal policies. To address this research gap, New Zealand newspaper articles featuring women offenders were collected over a 2-year period (2016–2018) and analysed for their use of neutralization and exacerbation techniques. The findings reveal that New Zealand newspapers distort our understanding of who is most affected by the criminal justice system and what crimes Pākehā1 and Māori women typically commit. Most importantly, stories about Pākehā women were more likely to use a favourable tone (56.5%), while stories about Māori women were more likely to take on an unfavourable tone (83.3%). Finally, motherhood, as an additional exacerbating factor, was mentioned nearly twice as often for Māori women. This article adds to the body of knowledge on the portrayal of Māori people in the media, linking it to public consent to governmental policies. (Author's abstract). Record #6438
650 _aCRIMINAL JUSTICE
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650 _aINTERSECTIONALITY
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650 _aMĀORI
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650 _aMEDIA
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650 _aOFFENDERS
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650 _aRACISM
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650 4 _aVICTIMS OF CRIMES
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650 _aWOMEN
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650 _aAO PĀPĀHO
_2reo
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650 _aPĀRURENGA
_2reo
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650 _aPŪNAHA TURE TAIHARA
_2reo
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650 _aTANGATA HARA
_2reo
_96912
650 _aWĀHINE
_2reo
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650 _aWHAKAHĀWEA IWI
_2reo
_97831
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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773 0 _tCrime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 2019, Advance online publication, 9 September 2019
830 _aCrime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1741659019873771
_zRead abstract
856 _uhttps://news.aut.ac.nz/opinion/maori-women-offenders-demonized
_zAUT media release
942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE