This work provides a wholly new account of this history. Starting from the assumption that policing is a fundamental responsibility of government, it explores the political and historical conditions under which police have been organized in Australia. It argues that the relations between the institutions of "police" and "government" in Australia require analysis from three different perspectives: the relations of police forces and executive government, the role of police in the governing of populations in Australia, and finally the very problem of the government of police themselves. The book draws on a wealth of archival research, a knowledge of comparative policing history, and the author's experience in contemporary criminal justice policy and reform.
- ISBN10 0195534743
- ISBN13 9780195534740
- Publish Date 29 August 1994
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 August 2006
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
- Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 248
- Language English