Ethnicity of offenders that commit offences against Maori
Marc Smith made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice
The request was refused by Ministry of Justice.
From: Marc Smith
Dear Ministry of Justice,
I am aware that the Ministry of Justice recently released statistics on crime against Maori:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...
Could I please make an OIA request for the following information:
1) The number of criminal offences committed against Maori in the 2020 calendar year (if 2020 is not available: 2019, please), broken down by the ethnicity of the offender (New Zealand European, Maori, Pacific, Asian, other).
2) Alternatively, if 1) is not available: The number of Maori victims of criminal offences in the 2020 calendar year (if 2020 is not available: 2019, please), broken down by the ethnicity of the offender (New Zealand European, Maori, Pacific, Asian, other).
If the information under 1) and/or 2) is publicly available, could I please be provided with a weblink.
Kind regards
From: OIA@justice.govt.nz
Ministry of Justice
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From: OIA@justice.govt.nz
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora Marc
Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Justice. The information you
are seeking is not held by the Ministry of Justice we are therefore
refusing your request under section 18(e) of the OIA as the information
does not exist.
We approached NZ Police with a request to transfer under Section 14 of the
OIA however they have declined to accept this transfer.
You may find some information that can be of assistance to your query on
the Police website here:
[1]https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publ...
noting that NZ Police do not link Victim or Offender demographics.
You may also find of interest the recently released full data under the
NZCVS (New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey) which can be found on our
website here:
[2]https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sect...
the data relates to the period October 2018 to September 2019, a section
relating to Maori Victimisation is item 4 on the page.
If you are not satisfied with my response, you have the right to complain
to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [email address].
Ngā mihi
Official Correspondence
Strategy, Governance and Finance
DDI: +64 4 918 8800
[3]www.justice.govt.nz
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