When Cops Are Criminals by Veronica Gorrie - ISBN: 9781761380402
Paperback
Police betraying their oath: stories of abuse, corruption, and reform.

When Cops Are Criminals

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    30 July 2024

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Summary

A powerful indictment of the criminal behaviour of police officers, and a call for institutional reform, edited by the multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue.

When Cops Are Criminals examines the widespread problem of police brutality and corruption from the perspectives of those who understand it in depth. Pulling together the accounts of survivors, campaigners, and academics, it explores different forms of criminal behaviour by police, the factors that contri…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761380402
ISBN-10:1761380400
Author:Veronica Gorrie
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:30 July 2024
Weight:378g
Dimensions:234mm x 155mm x 25mm
About The Author

Veronica Gorrie

Veronica Gorrie is a Gunai/Kurnai woman who lives and writes in Victoria. Her first book, Black and Blue (2021), won the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature and the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing, as well as being shortlisted for the 2022 Douglas Stewart Prize for Nonfiction and the 2022 ABIA Small Publishers’ Book of the Year. She is also the Executive Officer of the grassroots Aboriginal organisation Pay the Rent.

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