NCJ Number
119022
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology Volume: 22 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1989) Pages: 95-108
Date Published
1989
Length
14 pages
Annotation
The development of the modern form of policing required a bureaucratic apparatus complete with rules and regulations prescribing police procedures. In spite of the organizational significance of police rule books and manuals, little is known about their origins and composition.
Abstract
Conflict between the Queensland Police commissioner, W. G Cahill (1905-16), and other senior criminal justice system personnel over the content and authorization of a police rule book for Queensland suggests that the prescription of police practices and procedure was itself the outcome of longer-term changes in the organization of policing; in particular of an increasing demand for police autonomy from other elements of the criminal justice system. (Author abstract)