Browsing by Author "Curtis, Bruce"

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Everyday gambling in New Zealand

Curtis, Bruce; Wilson, Cate (Dunmore Press Limited, 2001)

There is a sizeable body of statistics on gambling in New Zealand which points albeit unintentionally - to the everyday status of this activity. Max Abbott and Rachel Volberg, two leading figures in the rapidly growing ...
Gambling with communities

Curtis, Bruce; Wilson, Cate (Dunmore Press Limited, 2002)

In this chapter we draw attention to spoken and unspoken aspects of government policy found in the disadvantaging of community forms of gambling. Much of the rhetoric presented by government claims to be about protecting ...
The origins of a New Zealand suicidal cohort: 1970-2007

Curtis, Cate; Curtis, Bruce (2011)

Many western countries have experienced increased rates of youth suicide over recent years. This has been an issue of particular concern in New Zealand, since it had the highest rate of youth suicide among OECD countries ...