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Police in Australia. Development, Functions, Procedures written and edited by Kerry L. Milte, LL.B., DIP. CRIM., Barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria; Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne, formerly Superintendent of Police, Australian Commonwealth Police Force, assisted by Thomas A. Weber, LL.B., DIP. CRIM.; Research Assistant in Criminology, University of Melbourne. (Butterworths, 1977), pp. i-xxi, 1-511. Cloth, recommended retail price $22.50 (ISBN: 0 409 49291 4); Paperback, recommended retail price $18.50 (ISBN: 0 409 49290 6).

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Police in Australia. Development, Functions, Procedures written and edited by Kerry L. Milte, LL.B., DIP. CRIM., Barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria; Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne, formerly Superintendent of Police, Australian Commonwealth Police Force, assisted by Thomas A. Weber, LL.B., DIP. CRIM.; Research Assistant in Criminology, University of Melbourne. (Butterworths, 1977), pp. i-xxi, 1-511. Cloth, recommended retail price $22.50 (ISBN: 0 409 49291 4); Paperback, recommended retail price $18.50 (ISBN: 0 409 49290 6).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

R. W. Harding*
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia

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References

1 Report No. 2 (Interim), Criminal Investigation (A.G.P.S., 1975).

2 Wilson and Western, The Policeman's Position Today and Tomorrow: An Examination of the Victoria Police Force (1972.).

3 Harding, Police Killings in Australia (1970); Harding, “Changing Patterns of the Use of Lethal Force by Police in Australia” (1975) 8 Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 125.

4 Report of the Committee on Computerisation of Criminal Data, presented to the Attorney-General of Australia, August 1973 (A.G.P.S., 1975).

5 Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Respect of Certain Matters Relating to Allegations of Organized Crime in Clubs (New South Wales Government Printer, Sydney, 1974).

6 Report of the Royal Commission into matters surrounding the administration of the law relating to prostitution (Government Printer, Western Australia, 1976).

7 Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Enforcement of the Criminal Law in Queensland (Government Printer, Brisbane, 1977).

8 Report of the Board of Inquiry into Allegations against Members of the Victoria Police Force (Government Printer, Melbourne, 1976).

9 Report of the Laverton Royal Commission 1975-1976 (Government Printer Western Australia, 1976).

10 Report of the Royal Commission on the September Moratorium Demonstration (Government Printer, Adelaide, 1971).

11 Report to the Metropolitan Toronto Board of Commissioners of Police: Review of Citizen-Police Complaints Procedures (May 1975).

12 Carmody, Minute Paper, Report to Attorney-General, National Law Enforcement Authority (N.P. April 1974).

13 Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security, 1st, 2nd, 4th Reports (A.G.P.S., 1977). Whilst the Hope Report only became available after publication of this book, the issues it is concerned with have been a major matter of concern to students of policing since at least August 1974 when the Royal Commission was set up.