Wayward governance
Subtitle: illegality and its control in the public sector
By: P.N. Grabosky.
Contributors: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Series: Australian studies in law, crime, and justice
Publisher: Australian Institute of Criminology
Published: 1989
Place of publication: [Australia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Misconduct in office -- Australia.; Abuse of administrative power -- Australia.; Government liability -- Australia.; Administrative responsibility -- Australia.; Police corruption -- Australia.
Description: Analyses criminal or unlawful conduct in Australian public administration; three of the seventeen case studies involve Aboriginal people or issues - the death in custody of John Pat at Roebourne, the desecration of Injalkajanama (Ntyalkaltyaname) registered sites near Todd River, Alice Springs during road work upgrading, British nuclear weapons testing at Monte Bello Islands, Emu Field, Maralinga.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.