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Articles by: Antje Deckert

The image features individuals wearing distinctive leather vests with bold insignias like "Mongrel Mob" and an aggressive animal emblem. This reflects a gang culture often scrutinized by law enforcement.

Gang crackdown: Why anti-patch policies backfire – and what would actually work

OPEN 5th August 2024

Antje Deckert, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology

OPINION: The New Zealand Government is continuing its crackdown on gangs, with a new specialist National Gang Unit and a ban on wearing gang patches in public among measures set out in planned legislation; but Auckland University of Technology Associate Professor Antje Deckert, and University of Melbourne Professor Juan Tauri, argue the proposals ignore research evidence that such policies are likely to backfire.
The image features a police car's roof light bar, prominently displaying red and blue lights. It represents law enforcement presence, typically signaling authority and emergency response in urban settings.

Did ‘wokeness’ cancel Police Ten 7? New research suggests racial stereotyping was the real culprit

OPEN 5th June 2023

Antje Deckert, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology

ANALYSIS: The decision earlier this year by TVNZ to cancel Police Ten 7 – the channel’s longest running reality series – sparked claims of wokeness and cancel culture; but new research by Auckland University of Technology Associate Professor Antje Deckert, and Juan Marcellus Tauri, Adjunct Associate Professor at Macquarie University, found that the programme had over-represented Māori and Pasifika suspects in violent offences, and under-represented the proportion of Māori and Pasifika police officers.
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