Bent : Australia's crooked cops / James Morton, Susanna Lobez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, James, author.

Lobez, Susanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal investigation.

Police corruption--Australia.

Police corruption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Victory Books, 2016.

Summary:

The sensational murder convictions this winter of former NSW detectives Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara for the killing of drug dealer Jamie Gao has meant that previously suppressed material in Bent can at last be read. James Morton and Susanna Lobez have illustrated, in several Gangland books, that Australia almost certainly has out-ganged other countries. Now their spotlight is turned on corruption within the police services and identifying which state wins the bent cop handicap. Morton and Lobez examine the problems that started with the First Fleet and spread through to the present day, looking at the trouble caused by greed, power, drink, sex, money and, most recently, drugs. They compare the experience in Australia with corruption in America, England and Hong Kong, concentrating in particular on organised corruption at the highest levels, including judges, lawyers and politicians, through to the petty criminals who work our streets. Which state has the shadiest cops? The answer will surprise you.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 From 'Bent for the Job' to Downright Criminal: The Five Stages of Corruption

2 Doomed to Be Bad

3 Spooks, Strikes and Scandals: Victoria 1920-1946

4 Chief Commissioner William John MacKay: Police Reformer, Crooked Bully or Both?

5 Ray 'Gunner' Kelly and Co: Princes of the City

6 MacKay's Legacy: Cops and Crooks in Cahoots

7 Whistleblowing v The Brotherhood: And the Winner Is …

8 Victoria from the 1960s: From Abortionists and Bully Boys to Zebra and Zulu

9 Two Coppers, Two States: Paul Higgins and Roger Rogerson

10 Noble Cause Corruption and the Art of Extracting a Confession

11 Drugs: An Irresistible Temptation

12 Sir Terence and Co: The Long and Winding Road to Fitzgerald

13 The Fitzgerald Commission and after

14 In and out of the Wood

15 The Twenty-First Century: Dangerous Liaisons

16 Controlling Corruption: Where to from Here?

Postscript

Notes

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522870862

0522870864

OCLC:

1088351024