Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 19, 2020 14:44:04 GMT 12
JUDGES REDUCE JAIL TIME BY UP TO TWO YEARS FOR CULTURAL FACTORS
Offenders are getting up to two years off their prison sentences for factors like an abusive childhood but a decision to cut funding for 'section 27' cultural background reports has led to criticism. Harrison Christian reports.
Counsellors Association spokeswoman Gay Puketapu-Andrews said the reports acknowledged the links between criminal offending and the generational shame and trauma of colonisation.
Pākehā settlers imposed a Western justice system onto Māori that continued to perpetuate racial inequity in New Zealand, she said.
"An accumulation of things can result in a person who doesn't know who they are and doesn't have the sense of connection to the world that would potentially sustain them, and they find themselves on a road to destruction."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117811873/judges-reduce-jail-time-by-up-to-two-years-for-cultural-factors
Offenders are getting up to two years off their prison sentences for factors like an abusive childhood but a decision to cut funding for 'section 27' cultural background reports has led to criticism. Harrison Christian reports.
Counsellors Association spokeswoman Gay Puketapu-Andrews said the reports acknowledged the links between criminal offending and the generational shame and trauma of colonisation.
Pākehā settlers imposed a Western justice system onto Māori that continued to perpetuate racial inequity in New Zealand, she said.
"An accumulation of things can result in a person who doesn't know who they are and doesn't have the sense of connection to the world that would potentially sustain them, and they find themselves on a road to destruction."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117811873/judges-reduce-jail-time-by-up-to-two-years-for-cultural-factors
