Dr Tracey McIntosh is the Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence is also an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland.
Her research in recent years has been focused on looking at the experiences of young Maori girls and women in prison, and she was recently interviewed about this work by Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon, Radio New Zealand.
Tracey says that a greater investment in the social needs of young New Zealanders needs to be a priority for local and central government, as well as social agencies, schools and community groups - in order to help to reduce our prison populations.
Her extensive research on the incarceration of both male and female prisoners (and particularly of indigenous peoples), has found many common threads including 'the state as a parent' morphing into 'the state as a prison warden'.
To listen to the interview, select the link below
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