Policing child sexual abuse : failure, corruption and reform in Queensland /
Bleakley, Paul,
Policing child sexual abuse : failure, corruption and reform in Queensland / Paul Bleakley. - 1 online resource. - Routledge frontiers of criminal justice .
"Policing Child Sexual Abuse provides a historical overview of the evolution of policing child sexual abuse in Queensland, tracing a legacy of failure (even corruption) in the decades leading up to the foundation of Taskforce Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service created in part as a response to criticisms of police shortcomings in this area. The book uses a combination of archival and open-source material to trace the shifting approach to policing child sexual abuse (CSA) from the 1960s, when juvenile justice first became a central focus of policing in Queensland, to the 2010s, at which point Taskforce Argos made international headlines for its primary role in bringing major international CSA offenders like Shannon McCoole, Benjamin "Warhead" Faulkner and Richard Huckle to justice. Examining archival material to pinpoint the reasons that CSA was not dealt with effectively in the past, the book shows that often these reasons were political, unrelated to the policing of CSA at all. It stands as a testament to the victims of CSA who have been failed by the system in the past. In addition, the book acts as a case study of how a police force with such a negative track record in policing this area was able to correct its path and reform its practices, to the point that it could emerge as a world-leader in policing CSA. Though nominally focused on policing in one Australian state, the implications are global, with Taskforce Argos's work naturally impacting on the CSA investigations of all of its partner agencies, both in Australia and internationally"--
9781032038988 1032038985 9781000442540 1000442543 9781000442502 1000442500 9781003189589 100318958X
10.4324/9781003189589 doi
Child sexual abuse--History.--Australia--Queensland
Police--History.--Australia--Queensland
Police corruption--History.--Australia--Queensland
Criminal justice, Administration of--History.--Australia--Queensland
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
HV6570.4.A8
363.25/9555409943
Policing child sexual abuse : failure, corruption and reform in Queensland / Paul Bleakley. - 1 online resource. - Routledge frontiers of criminal justice .
"Policing Child Sexual Abuse provides a historical overview of the evolution of policing child sexual abuse in Queensland, tracing a legacy of failure (even corruption) in the decades leading up to the foundation of Taskforce Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service created in part as a response to criticisms of police shortcomings in this area. The book uses a combination of archival and open-source material to trace the shifting approach to policing child sexual abuse (CSA) from the 1960s, when juvenile justice first became a central focus of policing in Queensland, to the 2010s, at which point Taskforce Argos made international headlines for its primary role in bringing major international CSA offenders like Shannon McCoole, Benjamin "Warhead" Faulkner and Richard Huckle to justice. Examining archival material to pinpoint the reasons that CSA was not dealt with effectively in the past, the book shows that often these reasons were political, unrelated to the policing of CSA at all. It stands as a testament to the victims of CSA who have been failed by the system in the past. In addition, the book acts as a case study of how a police force with such a negative track record in policing this area was able to correct its path and reform its practices, to the point that it could emerge as a world-leader in policing CSA. Though nominally focused on policing in one Australian state, the implications are global, with Taskforce Argos's work naturally impacting on the CSA investigations of all of its partner agencies, both in Australia and internationally"--
9781032038988 1032038985 9781000442540 1000442543 9781000442502 1000442500 9781003189589 100318958X
10.4324/9781003189589 doi
Child sexual abuse--History.--Australia--Queensland
Police--History.--Australia--Queensland
Police corruption--History.--Australia--Queensland
Criminal justice, Administration of--History.--Australia--Queensland
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
HV6570.4.A8
363.25/9555409943
