https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/issue/feed Aotearoa New Zealand Journal of Social Issues 2023-10-12T21:30:08+00:00 Charles Crothers tuwhera@aut.ac.nz Open Journal Systems <p>Scope</p> <p>To publish peer-reviewed studies of social issues, the Policy process and policy subject-matter of relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand. Social Issues are broadly defined. And although the journal is relevant to Aotearoa/New Zealand this is broadly conceived.</p> <p>Given the time-dependence of so many social and policy issues timely publication of sound quality studies is aimed at.</p> <p>The journal website functions, too, somewhat as a ‘noticeboard’ for the Aotearoa/New Zealand social research community.</p> <p>Although most of the content is paper-writer-driven there will also be commissioned (or called-for) special issues on particular topics where mobilisation of knowledge might be useful.</p> https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/article/view/81 Recent Aotearoa/New Zealand Social Science Books (2021-2022) 2023-03-15T20:17:43+00:00 Charles Crothers Charles.crothers@aut.ac.nz <p>A listing of social science New Zealand-related books published between 2021 and 2022 is provided.</p> 2023-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 Charles Crothers https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/article/view/87 Insights from Statistical Trends and Patterns relating to Youth Justice: 1911 - 2021 2023-10-12T21:30:08+00:00 Len Cook Len.Cook@lencook.co.nz <p>The distinctive demographic characteristics of Māori during the 20th century have significantly influenced the impact on Māori of public policy in many fields. Although the focus of this paper is on imprisonment rates, the approach may have some relevance in health, education and housing in particular. By grouping birth cohorts to quantify the experiences of five generations of Māori over the 20<sup>th</sup> century, it is possible to identify where shifts in legislation and institutional practices, particularly of the Police and the Judiciary, coincide with the generational shifts that reflect societal and demographic change. In this paper, insights into intergenerational change have been based on birth cohort experiences estimated from 1911.&nbsp; The paper shows that young males under 20 are now less likely to enter prison than any generation over the last 100 years. Differences remain in the likelihood of apprehension and sentencing for offending between Māori and those of European ethnicity. This has persisted regardless of justice policy as it has shifted from being strongly punitive to emphasising prevention, diversion and rehabilitation. The impact on the prison population over the next twenty years will be substantial, as it will decline and be predominantly from older age groups. &nbsp;</p> 2023-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/article/view/88 Public Interest Polling in New Zealand, 2022- 2023 2023-10-12T21:28:11+00:00 Charles Crothers Charles.crothers@aut.ac.nz <p>Results of public-facing public opinion surveys are presented, for the post-Covid period. &nbsp;Obtaining access to results or even the existence of a survey was difficult and methodological details are sparsely reported. The period covered in this compilation has been marked by the shadow of Covid. The studies vary in form from one-offs, to dribbles one question at a time over a series to large scale reports. Both Stuff and the NZ Herald have (rather intermittent) series of surveys. Many of the major issues of the day have been touched on:</p> <p>Covid and its aftermaths, The floods and their consequences, Trust, Cost of Living, Ethnic relations and migration, Housing, Monarchy, Taxes.</p> <p>But there is much more that could have been covered and the methodological standards reached could have been higher. Nevertheless, many of the studies included are of widespread interest and some of direct policy relevance.</p> 2023-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/article/view/93 Regular Surveys on New Zealanders 2023-10-12T21:26:50+00:00 Charles Crothers Charles.crothers@aut.ac.nz <p>Public and private decision-making are aided by a continuous stream of survey data on public opinion and practises. &nbsp;Nevertheless, many of the studies included are of widespread interest and some of direct policy relevance. Most of these surveys are well-founded methodologically and well-resourced with survey activity in each sector often hosted by major State Ministries and/or by more operational agencies. However, this listing is only a snapshot as changes are often afoot and more generally survey operations have yet to recover from the Covid phase. A listing of current regularised survey operations is provided after pointing to several coordinating frameworks.</p> 2023-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/article/view/95 Notes on Tāone Hapū – Māori Gangs 2023-10-12T21:25:37+00:00 Brian Easton astonbhnz@gmail.com <p>This paper aims to promote discussion on the complex issue of Tāone Hapū (Māori Gangs), recognising the substantial literature which already exists but adding two further directions which tend to be downplayed:</p> <p>– while it is accepted that the urban Māori migration was traumatic, that Māori have been adapting successfully to their new circumstances is frequently overlooked;</p> <p>– one of those adaptations was Tāone Hapū – Māori Gangs.</p> <p>The paper argues that there is a need to reframe the analysis of Tāone Hapū towards a sociological and anthroponomical perspective as a social form responding to the trauma of Māori urbanisation and the resulting social pathologies rather than to focus only on their own difficulties – especially criminality.</p> 2023-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/anzjsi/article/view/92 Jonathan Hearn (2023) The Domestication of Competition: Social Evolution and Liberal Society Cambridge University Press 2023-06-14T01:56:55+00:00 David Pearson newleasedp@gmail.com <p>Review of Jonathan Hearn (2023) The Domestication of Competition: Social Evolution and Liberal Society Cambridge University Press</p> 2023-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023