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Under a Bad Sun : Police, Politics, and Corruption in Australia
Author
Title
Under a Bad Sun : Police, Politics, and Corruption in Australia / Paul Bleakley.
ISBN
9781609176747
9781628954425
9781628964363
9781611864007
Publication
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (291 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"Historical criminologist Paul Bleakley examines a case of police corruption in Queensland, Australia, in which law enforcement had free rein to profit from criminalized vice in return for supporting the government's repression and persecution of its political enemies, from punk music fans to gay men to protestors. While intimidating members of the political opposition, the police also protected the state premier's friends and allies from criminal prosecution-even for offenses as serious as child sex abuse. When journalists and investigators revealed this corrupt bargain in 1987, the premier was forced from office and the police commissioner went to prison"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Somewhere on the River Bend
The End of the Green Mafia
: Rats in the Ranks
Checking in at the National Hotel
Jokers' Wild
Vice City
The Bodgie Squad Hits the Street
Taking the Fight to the Streets
If You Want a Friend in Politics
Marching to a Different Beat
The Curious Case of Constable Dave
Dirt Files
Joke's Over.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Case studies.
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