Tracey Mc Intosh
UN report reiterates concerns about harm in justice system
The way Aotearoa deals with crime is exacerbating harms to both victims and offenders, who are disproportionately Māori.
The latest report from the United Nations' Committee against Torture… Audio
'Tough on crime' at everyone's expense - beware knee-jerk lawmaking
Politicians are jostling to dominate the "tough on crime" narrative, and some business leaders are demanding tougher punishments.
Yet numerous reports - from government agencies, academics, civil… Audio
Law and order police funding package 'knee-jerk reaction' - experts
The Government is promising nearly half-a-billion dollars to tackle gang-related crime.
Some experts say the announcement is a knee-jerk reaction to a recent spate of crimes.
University of Auckland… Audio
Prisoner experiences should spark significant change
A leading advocate for prison reform says distressing findings of how a prisoner was treated should be motivation to create significant change within the criminal justice system.
Documents obtained… Audio
Societal-wide approach needed for Hokai Rangi - professor
An indigenous studies professor says what happened at Waikeria prison shows the ineffectiveness of the government's reform strategy, Hokai Rangi.
Hokai Rangi aims to cut the number of Maori in prison… Audio
HRC calling for Māori to be consulted: seclusion in prison
The Human Rights Commissioner says Māori should be consulted about how prisons can stop disproportionately secluding and restraining tangata whenua.
Māori women made up 78 per cent of all stays in… Audio
Royal Commission told gangs formed due to state care
The Royal Commission investigating abuse in care has been told the formation of gangs can be traced back to state care of young people, particularly Maori. Tracey McIntosh, who is a Professor of… Audio
Prison changes should focus on ‘restoration of mana’ - professor
A radical overhaul of the country's prison system is being announced this morning. It's hoped the high rates of Maori incarceration and recidivism will be addressed. Maori make up 52 percent of the… Audio
Māori advocates urge reform to justice system
Māori justice advocates have renewed the fight for a separate justice system for Māori. They say outcomes for Māori are still getting worse and they should be able to take the lead under Te Tiriti o… Audio
Tracey McIntosh: investing in state care not state prisons
Professor Tracey McIntosh says many inmates, particularly women, are going straight from state care to state prisons. Her research on incarceration of mainly Maori has shown a distinct pattern of… Audio
Volcanologist Colin Wilson wins Rutherford Award
Twenty-one researchers were recognised at this year's Royal Society's prestigious Research Honours, which was also the society's 150th anniversary. Professor Colin Wilson, a world renowned geologist… Audio
Is the Crown doing enough to reduce Maori reoffending
The Waitangi Tribunal is being asked to decide whether the Corrections Department is doing enough to keep Maori out of jail. Sociologist Tracey McIntosh is among those who are making submissions. Audio
Academic, historian, writer, Dr Ranginui Walker, dies
Tracey McIntosh is the co-director Nga o Te Maramatanga - NZ Maori centre of research excellence, at the Unviersity of Auckland. She joins Nine to Noon to look at Dr Ranginui Walker's life. Audio
Why more NZ women, particularly Maori are being jailed
Dr Tracey McIntosh is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland. She has been looking at the experience of young Maori girls and women in prison and says greater investment in… Audio
Insight for 9 February 2014 - Does Rich -Poor Divide Matter?
Penny Mackay investigates whether a big income gap really matters. Audio
Thinkers: Sociology
Dr. Tracey McIntosh from The University of Auckland with why people do what we do. Tonight, the sociology of emotions, particularly looking at collective responses of anger, fear, happiness… Audio
Thinkers: sociology
Dr Tracey McIntosh from the University of Auckland with why people do what we do. Tonight, the notion of submerged citizenship, where groups that are marginalised due to ethnicity, poverty, sexual… Audio