Police and Government: Histories of Policing in Australia

Abstract

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 have been organized in Australia. It argues that the relations between the institutions of police and in Australia require analysis from three different perspectives: the relations of forces and executive government, the role of in the governing of populations in Australia, and finally the very problem of the government of 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.

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