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When cops are criminals
Gorrie, Veronica2024
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This book examines the widespread problem of police brutality and corruption from the perspectives of those who understand it in depth. Pulling together the accounts of survivors, campaigners, and academics, it explores different forms of criminal behaviour by police, the factors that contribute to it, the impact it has on victims, and the challenges of holding perpetrators accountable. Told with candour, honesty, bravery, and rage, these stories will challenge readers to reflect on the institutions that so many people take for granted. Whose interests are they really serving? And where can people turn when the institutions that are supposed to protect them are the ones doing the damage?
Main title:
When cops are criminals / edited by Veronica Gorrie.
Author:
Gorrie, Veronica, editor
Imprint:
Carlton North, VIC : Scribe Publications, 2024.
Collation:
283 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"with contributions from Necho Brocchi, Amanda Porter, Lauren Caulfield, Keith Quayle, Emma Husar, Jacinta Ryan, Jeremy King, Jacky Sansbury, Maria Markovska, Jason Tighe-Fong, Kate Pausina, Edward Winters"--Cover.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
1. The criminal foundations of Australian policing2. Corruption3. Being Aboriginal is a crime4. Another quiet night in Woolloomooloo5. Learning how to run6. With love and abolition7. Breaking point: discovering the truth and finding the courage to leave an abusive cop8. What will it take for a reckoning? Family violence and the harms of policing9. All the red flags10. The role of 'the lawyer' in police accountability11. The police family violence offender: a protected species12. Just a number.
ISBN:
9781761380402 (paperback)
Dewey class:
364.1323
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
461745
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 364.1323 WHE | Available |