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Under a Bad Sun : Police, Politics, and Corruption in Australia /

"Historical criminologist Paul Bleakley examines a case of police corruption in Queensland, Australia, in which law enforcement had 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...

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Autor principal: Bleakley, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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