To Preserve And Protect. Policing Colonial Brisbane

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 236 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: An engaging history of policing and justice in colonial-era Australia. Early Australian policing had its roots on the streets of Dublin and London, where many of Australias first law and order enforcers hailed from. Intrigued by this connection, historian Anastasia Dukova has researched and recreated the lives of colonial police officers and criminals in her adopted home city of Brisbane. Through exploring their personal stories, Dukova highlights how biography and history are inextricably linked and reveals the differences between metropolitan aspirations and colonial reality. To Preserve and Protect also exposes political power abuse, corruption, mismanagement, professional burnout and gendered justice, issues which continue to challenge police forces.

ISBN: 9780702260148