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A qualitative study investigating the association between social exclusion, stigma and long term problem drug use in a New Zealand town

Wilson, Murray David (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the association between problematic drug use (PDU) and social exclusion and stigma in a deindustrialised New Zealand town (DNZT). The purpose of this research is to capture ...
Questions unanswered, stories untold: Reviewing the New Zealand Government’s response to Foreign Charter Vessel Allegations

King, Jordan Carnaby (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

The seafood industry is New Zealand's fifth largest export sector by value and a major contributor to the nation's economy. However, for decades a sizeable portion of annual total industry catch within the Exclusive ...
The Quest to Quit: an Exploration of the Cessation - Relapse Cycle of Cigarette Smoking

Hooper, Carolyn May (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

The smoker's perspective is seldom sought in cessation research. Consequently, cessation approaches may be less effective because they are not based on assumptions and interpretations shared by those who smoke. Understanding ...
Radical Everyday Practice. Gillian Rose, Ernst Bloch, and seven activist- philosophers of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa

Francis, Sasha (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

How are we to live? How do we sustain our emotional commitment to utopia? Answering these questions necessarily calls for a reconceptualisation of subjectivity and sociality, in order to overcome the depoliticisation, ...
Rape crisis services ‘Standing Alone’: Policy-making as problem representation: The response to sexual violence in New Zealand 1983-89

McDonald, Heather Lee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

After more than 30 years of feminist activism in New Zealand the government policy response to sexual violence continues to be highly contested. This thesis draws on archival material (both official and community records) ...
Reel Cops: Exploring the Representation of Policing on Police Ten 7

Podvoiskis, Gabrielle Margaret (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Cop shows have been a perennial on prime time television for the past fifty years. Over the past two decades, however, the increasing popularity of reality television means that it is now competing for ascendency with ...
Reflective Surfaces: the Individual as the Key Social Relationship in New Zealand Society

Wylie, Catherine Ruth (Victoria University of Wellington, 1980)

The variety of concerns and everyday practices found in the lives of members of Western societies has to some degree deterred their exploration by anthropologists. In this thesis, I hope to demonstrate that a commonality ...
Reiseberichte Zum Arbeiten Mit Publizierten Historischen Quellen Des 18. und 19. Jahrunderts.

Bonisch-Brednich, Brigitte (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

Der folgende Beitrag soll dazu dienen, anhand des Themas 'Reiseberichte' die notwendigen Grundlagen fur den wissenschaftlichen Umgang mit historischen Printmedien im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert zu vermitteln. Die Buchund ...
Reshaping the Division of Labour: Work and Class in New Zealand Since the 1980s

Ongley, Patrick (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis is concerned with the relationship between economic restructuring, the changing division of labour and social stratification, with particular reference to New Zealand in the period since the 1980s. It begins ...
Responsibly Engaged: Ideology and Utopia along the Backpacker Trail

Bohn, Sonja (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

By following the backpacker trail beyond the 'tourist bubble,' travellers invest in the ideals of freedom, engagement, and responsibility. Backpacker discourse foregrounds travellers' freedom to mobility as it constructs ...
The Right to Die and the Communal Body - An examination of the media influence, ethical principles and stakeholder attitudes towards assisted dying in New Zealand from a sociology in bioethics perspective

Revell-Dennett, Sarah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This thesis is based on a sociology in bioethics approach which seeks to demonstrate that the current rhetoric being used by parties on both sides of the debate is no longer useful for the realities that people are expressing ...
Risky residences: An exploratory study of sexual violence in university halls of residence

Keene, Samantha Maree (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Sexual violence within university populations is a well-known problem, however relatively little is known about the experience of sexual violence among New Zealand university students. There is even less known about women‟s ...
The Role of Internationals in Progressing Human Rights Attainment in Myanmar

Dowall, Heidi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

State crimes such as the violation of human rights eclipse all other forms of violent crime in scale and seriousness. International agents can play a key role in challenging state crimes and building the necessary supports ...
Same sex relations, state crime and resistance

Gledhill, Cara (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This thesis explores the criminalisation of same sex relations in a global context, using a framework which centres the state as criminal. It argues that criminalising laws serve as hegemonic dictates, which condone and ...
Scraping By and Making Do: Navigating New Zealand’s Welfare System

Walford-Bourke, Evelyn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In August 2017, debate over Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei’s declaration of two-decade-old benefit fraud sparked an ongoing discussion around poverty in New Zealand that revealed the fraying edges of the country’s ...
Sentencing consistency in the New Zealand District Courts

Goodall, Wayne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis examines the consistency of sentencing between the circuits of the New Zealand District Courts. Four predictions based on a sequence or chain of theories incorporating the concept of bounded rationality from ...
Sex trafficking, victimisation and agency: The experiences of migrant women in Malaysia

Abdul Hamid, Haezreena Begum binti (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Malaysia has criminalised sex work. However, its geographic location, porous borders and proximity to major trade and traffic routes have ensured a growth in sex trafficking activities. As a result, the ‘United Nations ...
Sexual Abuse Counsellors' Responses to Trauma and Stress: a Social Work Perspective

Pack, Margaret Jane (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

Using a qualitative research methodology, this study explores the range of social, organisational and theoretical factors that impact on sexual abuse counsellors. The relevance of the concept of vicarious traumatisation ...
Sexual Violence as an Afterthought: Securing Justice for Sexual Violence Victims in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Hoy, Kellie-Sue (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Using Nancy Fraser’s (2007a) tripartite model of justice as a theoretical backdrop, this thesis critically evaluates the United Nation’s (UN) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), in relation to how this ...
Shared landscapes: Ownership and governance of Ōhiwa Harbour (Aotearoa New Zealand)

Rother, Tanja (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This thesis explores narratives of property and ownership in natural resources, particularly common property resources such as the foreshore and seabed. Using the Ōhiwa Harbour as a case study, I investigate property ...