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W.J. MacKay and the NSW Police, 1910–1948
This book tells the fascinating story of William John MacKay, a man who dominated policing in New South Wales for three decades, until his death in 1948. MacKay was fearless, brilliant and ruthless. He was responsible for beating-up striking unionists, but he also smashed the semi-fascist New Guard when it was a threat to democracy. He reformed and modernized the New South Wales Police Force, and he framed innocent men for capital crimes. He cracked down on organized crime and corruption, and he was himself corrupt. Dogged by scandal, he was the subject of no fewer than seven royal commissions. The story of W.J. MacKay is also the story of policing in Australia, from the 1920s through to the corruption-riddled period after the Second World War. This gripping history explores the messy complexities of police power and sheds new light on a fascinating period in Australian police history
Vagrant Lives in Colonial Australasia
A study of displaced peoples prosecuted for vagrancy in the colonies of Australia and New Zealand which investigates the transcolonial problem of mobility.
Violence and Police Culture
Violence and policing are inevitably associated. Criminals use violence not only against innocent members of the public, but also against the police themselves. For our own protection and theirs, we have given police a licence to use force, sometimes with lethal consequences. But the exercise of this licence is fraught with risk to the community. The disturbing record of police shootings in Victoria, and irresponsible police violence elsewhere in recent years, vividly illustrate this risk. The public outcry against such events is understandable. To find a solution, we need to analyse the contexts and the cultural background of the use of police violence, and to think hard about its causes an...
The Police and Society
The most productive route to understanding the dynamic interrelationships of the police with society is to examine the recurring, central themes in policing. The articles in this anthology represent some of the best scholarship on compelling issues. Selected for both their complementary and competing natures, the articles serve as touchstones for one another—often challenging previous conceptions. Many selections question the methods by which information was acquired, the practices that evolved from that information, and the background assumptions behind the construction of practices. Some of the many issues and conflicts addressed in this collection include: What is the nature of the poli...
Year Book Australia
Hardback : to be treated as trade bibliography.
Police Practices
A comparative study of police practices in Australia, Finland, India, Japan, and New Zealand, analyzing police officers as the product of their country's culture. Includes details on wages, personnel practices, unions and associations, and problems of the police force in each country, as well as programs and approaches unique to each force. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
Includes the Society's Annual report and statement of accounts.
