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Clare Farmer, Associate Professor, Criminology, Deakin University

Is policing in Australia corrupt and abusive? An eye-opening new book investigates

Edited by former Queensland police officer and Gunai/Kurnai woman Veronica Gorrie, the title of When Cops are Criminals may suggest a book covering high-profile, or unusual, officer-involved crimes. But this collection does not focus on the extraordinary.

As Gorrie explains, her reason for putting the book together was

to highlight the harmful behaviours committed by police every single day, and, more importantly, the impact this has on their victims.

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