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New Zealand needs a new gang strategy – political consensus would be a good start

  • Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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The concern about gangs and gang-related violence in New Zealand continues to be highly politicised. Government ministers are under constant media scrutiny and political pressure, with both sides trying to look more staunch on crime than the other. The problem is that these debates often lack history, context or vision.

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