A Nation of rogues?
Subtitle: crime, law, and punishment in colonial Australia
By: edited by David Philips and Susanne Davies.
Contributors: Philips, David, 1946-; Davies, Susanne, 1962-
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Carlton, Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Crime -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.; Criminals -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.; Criminal law -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Other titles: Crime, law, and punishment in colonial Australia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: On her own hands / Paula Jane Byrne; title: The royal bastard as policeman? / David Philips; title: Magistrates, police and power in Port Phillip / Darren Palmer; title: Anatomy of a rape case, 1888 / David Philips; title: A tangle of paradoxes / Gary Highland; title: Ragged, dirty; title: infamous and obscene / Susanne Davies; title: Arbitrary chivalry / Kathy Laster.