Is the Queensland government man enough to really get 'tough on crime'?
Galloway, Kate (2013) Is the Queensland government man enough to really get 'tough on crime'? Curl: Property law, women and law, contemporary legal issues, 3 November 2013.
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[Extract] The Queensland government has launched a new phase in its 'war on bikies' through a raft of new regressive legislative provisions that criminalise association and provide for mandatory additional sentencing and automatic refusal of bail. In its 'unapologetic' 'crackdown' on 'criminal gangs' the government acknowledges that there will be 'some inconvenience' to law abiding citizens, but that if we have 'done nothing wrong, there is nothing to fear'.
In this post I ask why, if the government is really serious about getting 'tough on crime', it is not engaging in open discussion about, and introducing 'tough new measures' to deal with, domestic violence, sexual violence, violence against women. Is the law and order agenda in Queensland a gendered one?
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| Additional Information: | Curl: Property law, women and law, contemporary legal issues is the blog of Kate Galloway and is available at http://katgallow.blogspot.com.au/ (3 April 2014) |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2014 23:56 |
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