W.J. MacKay and the NSW Police, 1910-1948 : a dangerous man / Richard Evans.
Evans, Richard.
2022
HV7911.M33
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Title W.J. MacKay and the NSW Police, 1910-1948 : a dangerous man / Richard Evans.
Author Evans, Richard.
ISBN 9783031109218 (electronic bk.)
303110921X (electronic bk.)
3031109201
9783031109201
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10921-8
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-10921-8 doi
Call Number HV7911.M33
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.2092
Summary This book tells the fascinating story of William John MacKay, a man who dominated policing in New South Wales for three decades, until his death in 1948. MacKay was fearless, brilliant and ruthless. He was responsible for beating-up striking unionists, but he also smashed the semi-fascist New Guard when it was a threat to democracy. He reformed and modernized the New South Wales Police Force, and he framed innocent men for capital crimes. He cracked down on organized crime and corruption, and he was himself corrupt. Dogged by scandal, he was the subject of no fewer than seven royal commissions. The story of W.J. MacKay is also the story of policing in Australia, from the 1920s through to the corruption-riddled period after the Second World War. This gripping history explores the messy complexities of police power and sheds new light on a fascinating period in Australian police history Richard Evans is Honorary Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Australia. His previous books include Do Police Need Guns? (with Clare Farmer, 2020), Disasters That Changed Australia (2009) and The Pyjama Girl Mystery (2004).
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1. 'The dominant personality in the force': William John MacKay as an exemplar of police power
2. 'The ladder of promotion': Leadership and succession in the New South Wales Police Force, 1910-1929
3. 'Razorhurst': The expansion of police power, 1927-1930
4 'Murderous coppers': Policing the timber strike and the coal lockout, 1929-1930
5. 'Fascism, with modifications': The New Guard, the 'Old Guard', and challenges to State power, 1931-32
6. 'Belt their bloody heads off': The police response to the New Guard, 1932
7. 'A dangerous power': Independence, accountability and the Police Commissioner, 1934-5
8. The SP Royal Commission: Police power, corruption and scandal, 1936
9. The Miller scandal: Power, loyalty and police culture, 1937
10. 'I am in charge of the police ship': The minister, police unions and the power of the Commissioner, 1938-1942
11. Policing 'the abominable crime': Legislated morality, selective enforcement, and the abuse of power, 1937-1943
12. The 'appalling vista': Police power and functional injustice, 1944 and 1932
13. The Keogh scandal: Unaccountable power and systemic corruption, 1946-7
14. 'Visionary yet arrogant': Assessing W.J. MacKay and police power.

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