1st Edition
Policing Child Sexual Abuse Failure, Corruption and Reform in Queensland
By Paul Bleakley
Copyright 2022
198 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Policing Child Sexual Abuse provides a historical overview of the evolution of policing child sexual abuse in Queensland, tracing a legacy of failure (even corruption) in the decades leading up to the foundation of Task Force Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service created in part as a response to criticisms of police shortcomings in this area.
The book uses archival material as a... Read more
Introduction
1. Care and control
2. Records of abuse
3. A human wrecking ball
4. The receipts
5. Shot down in a BLAZE
6. Déjà vu
7. A predator’s playground
8. Bring in Mr Big
9. The many eyes of Argos
Biography
Paul Bleakley is a Lecturer in Criminology at Middlesex University, London. His research focuses on policing, with a particular emphasis on historical police corruption and reform.
