PDF Download Under a Bad Sun: Policing and Corruption in Australia's Sunshine State Writen By Paul Bleakley
Under a Bad Sun: Policing and Corruption in Australia's Sunshine State
Why do police officers turn against the people they are hired to protect? This question seems all the more urgent in the wake of recent global protests against police brutality. Historical?criminologist Paul Bleakley addresses this by examining a series of intersecting cases of police corruption in Queensland, Australia. The protection and extortion of illegal gambling operators and sex workers were only the most visible features of a decades-long, pervasive culture of corruption in the state?s law enforcement agency. Even more dangerous?and far harder to prosecute?was the corrupt bargain between the police and the state?s conservative government, which gave law enforcement 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 left-wing protestors. While intimidating members of the political opposition, the police also protected friends and allies from criminal
Product details: Under a Bad Sun: Policing and Corruption in Australia's Sunshine State
Author : Paul Bleakley
Pages : 272 pages
Publisher : Michigan State University Press
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ISBN-10 : 1611864003
ISBN-13 : 9781611864007
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