Discretionary Police Powers to Punish A Case Study of Victoria's Banning Notice Provisions /

• Main Author: Farmer, Clare (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology,
• Subjects: Police.; Sociology, Urban.; Human rights.; Criminology.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Policing.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Human Rights and Crime .; Criminal Justice.

This book uses an Australian case study to shine a much-needed spotlight on discretionary police powers to punish, and their implications for justice and human rights. It offers a revealing analysis of the problematic rationales that secured the legislative passage of banning notice provisions throu...