Policing Victorian Public Transport
Extending the Police Domain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Corns (corresponding author), Brian Simpson (0000-0001-7680-6260) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 287-299 |
| Publication date | 1988-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1988.tb00851.x |
| OpenAlex | W2254327184 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
In Victoria, responsibility for policing the public transport system was recently transferred to the Victoria Police, the official rationale for this development relied on the notion of a crime crisis and the need for a ‘crackdown’ on transport security. However, a more convincing explanation for this transfer can be found in Transport Department mismanagement, bureaucratic bungling, and alleged criminal activities of railway investigation officers. On a broader and more disturbing level, this case is consistent with an increasing capacity of the State to extend formal control into new social sites under the guise of controlling a ‘crime crisis’
Bureaucracy · Crime control · Criminal justice · Criminology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Project commissioning · Public domain · Public security · Public transport · Publishing · Social control · Sociology · State (computer science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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