Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm

Australian policing before 1980 was a State responsibility, but it is now shared with the Commonwealth. Policing underwent a paradigm shift, driven by the Commonwealth and abnormally in the course of Australian federalism, consented to by the States. The hypothesis presented, based on the pragmatic...

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Main Author: Manison, Gary F.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/269
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description Australian policing before 1980 was a State responsibility, but it is now shared with the Commonwealth. Policing underwent a paradigm shift, driven by the Commonwealth and abnormally in the course of Australian federalism, consented to by the States. The hypothesis presented, based on the pragmatic federalism argument, is the paradigm shift occurred because the Commonwealth took on the role of principal problem-solver for new and expanding crime threats faced by all governments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-2692017-02-20T06:41:18Z Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm Manison, Gary F. Australian policing before 1980 was a State responsibility, but it is now shared with the Commonwealth. Policing underwent a paradigm shift, driven by the Commonwealth and abnormally in the course of Australian federalism, consented to by the States. The hypothesis presented, based on the pragmatic federalism argument, is the paradigm shift occurred because the Commonwealth took on the role of principal problem-solver for new and expanding crime threats faced by all governments. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/269 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Manison, Gary F.
Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm
title Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm
title_full Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm
title_fullStr Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm
title_full_unstemmed Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm
title_short Policing in the Australian Federation 1970–2010: A changed paradigm
title_sort policing in the australian federation 1970–2010: a changed paradigm
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/269