| Description |
vi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Philips and Susanne Davies -- 1. On Her Own Hands 1810-1830 / Paula Jane Byrne -- 2. The Royal Bastard as Policeman? : William Augustus Miles and the Sydney Police, 1841-1848 / David Philips -- 3. Magistrates, Police and Power in Port Phillip / Darren Palmer -- 4. Anatomy of a Rape Case, 1888 : Sex, Race, Violence and Criminal Law in Victoria / David Philips -- 5. A Tangle of Paradoxes : Race, Justice and Criminal Law in North Queensland, 1882-1894 / Gary Highland - 6. ̀Ragged, Dirty ... Infamous and Obscene' : The ̀Vagrant' in Late-Nineteenth-Century Melbourne / Susanne Davies - 7. Arbitrary Chivalry : Women and Capital Punishment in Victoria, 1842-1967 / Kathy Laster |
| Summary |
"Were we a nation of rogues? Beyond recurrent images of convicts and bushrangers, what do we know about ordinary people's experience of crime and punishment in colonial Australia?Despite an abundance of sources, it is only recently that this question has been framed and answers sought. the impetus has come from concern with current issues such as relations between police and Aboriginal communities, and the significance of sex/gender in our social order" -- back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-231) and index |
| Subject |
Australian Aborigines Protection Society.
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Victoria. Aborigines Protection Act 1886
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Crime -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminal law -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminals -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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| Author |
Davies, Susanne Elizabeth, 1962- editor
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Philips, David, 1946- editor
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| LC no. |
94218336 |
| ISBN |
0522846017 (paperback) |
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9780522846010 (paperback) |
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