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Traces of terror : counter-terrorism law, policing, and race / Victoria Sentas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sentas, Victoria, author.
- Series:
- Clarendon studies in criminology.
- Clarendon studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Australia--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on field work in Australia, this book investigates the effects of counter-terrorism law and policing on Muslim, Somali, Turkish Kurds and Sri Lankan Tamil communities. Drawing together in-depth interviews with members of Victoria Police and those who are being policed, participant observations of community forums, and a detailed investigation of government and police policy, legislation and case law, the author explains how processes of criminalisation and racialisation are sustained.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-315) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-166215-1
- 0-19-166214-3
- 0-19-177287-9
- OCLC:
- 880244664
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