Author: Paul Benjamin Kidd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743460221
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Hours more entertaining reading from the biggest ever collection of true crime stories by Australia's most popular crime historian, Paul B. Kidd.
Author: Paul Benjamin Kidd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742484785
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Author: Paul Benjamin Kidd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741247930
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 479
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Author: Harris Dousemetzis
Publisher: African Sun Media
ISBN: 1998951391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 535
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On 6 September 1966, inside the House of Assembly in Cape Town, Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed to death Hendrik Verwoerd, South Africa’s Prime Minister and so-called “architect of apartheid”. Tsafendas was immediately arrested and before he had even been questioned by the authorities, they declared him a madman without any political motive for the killing. In the Cape Supreme Court, Tsafendas was found unfit to stand trial on the grounds that he suffered from schizophrenia and that he had no political motive for killing Verwoerd. Tsafendas spent the next 28 years in custody, making him the longest-serving detainee in South African history. For most of his incarnation he was subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment by the prison authorities. From 2009 to 2018, Harris Dousemetzis extensively researched the assassination of Verwoerd and the life of Tsafendas. For this research, he travelled to South Africa, Mozambique, Greece, France, and Turkey, and interviewed about 150 people who either knew Tsafendas or Verwoerd or were involved with the case of the assassination. He discovered about 12,000 pages of documents on the case, most of them previously unpublished, in archival collections in South Africa, Portugal and the UK. Dousemetzis collaborated with prominent South African jurists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and concluded his research, by writing the Report to the Minister of Justice in the Matter of Dr. Verwoerd’s Assassination. The report conclusively proved that Tsafendas had assassinated Verwoerd for political reasons and that the apartheid authorities had orchestrated a massive operation to declare him insane and apolitical. This ground-breaking report and this book corrected the historical record regarding Verwoerd’s assassination and Tsafendas. The Man Who Killed Apartheid, based on Dousemetzis’s groundbreaking research, chronicles in detail Tsafendas’s life and conclusively demonstrates that he was a perfectly sane and deeply political person with a long history of political activism. At the same time, the book exposes the lie at the heart of apartheid’s posture on the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd and provides a rare picture of how the racist regime operated and what it was like to live and die under apartheid.
Author: Georgina Fitzpatrick
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004292055
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 911
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This unique volume provides a detailed analysis of Australia’s 300 war crimes trials of principally Japanese accused conducted in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Part I contains contextual essays explaining why Australia established military courts to conduct these trials and thematic essays considering various legal issues in, and historical perspectives on, the trials. Part II offers a comprehensive collection of eight location essays, one each for the physical locations where the trials were held. In Part III post-trial issues are reviewed, such as the operation of compounds for war criminals; the repatriation of convicted Japanese war criminals to serve the remainder of their sentences; and reflections of some of those convicted on their experience of the trials. In the final essay, a contemporary reflection on the fairness of the trials is provided, not on the basis of a twenty-first century critique of contemporary minimum standards of fair trial expected in the prosecution of war crimes, but by reviewing approaches taken in the trials themselves as well as from reactions to the trials by those associated with them. The essays are supported by a large collection of unique historical photographs, maps and statistical materials. There has been no systematic and comprehensive analysis of these trials so far, which has meant that they are virtually precluded from consideration as judicial precedent. This volume fills that gap, and offers scholars and practitioners an important and groundbreaking resource.
Author: Paul Benjamin Kidd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743006337
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 659
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Now for the first time the bumper edition of the two best-selling volumes of Australian crime in one book. Featuring over 100 stories from the annals of our criminal history, from high-profile murder cases to crimes of the macabre and bizarre. Includes: THE CLAREMONT SERIAL MURDERS, THE SNOWTOWN SERIAL MURDERS, THE LESBIAN VAMPIRE MURDER, THE CASE OF THE WALKING CORPSE, ALAN BOND CROOK OR HERO?, AZARIA: HOW COULD WE HAVE GOT IT SO WRONG?, CELLULOID SERIAL KILLERS and ROSALEEN NORTON - THE WICKET WITCH OF KINGS CROSS.
Author: Paul Benjamin Kidd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743005545
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Finally - the third and final collection of true crime from Paul B. Kidd's Crime File. Hours more entertaining reading from Australia's biggest and best collection. Was retired Chief Justice Marcus Einfeld deliberately dishonest or was it all just a mistake? How did Peter Foster, Australia's 'International Man of Mischief' wind up in jail on three continents? When Warren Lanfranchi was shot dead by police officer. Was it self-protection or 'suicide by cop'? And more. Much more.
Author: James Morton
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522859445
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 587
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From the bestselling authors of Gangland Australia comes Dangerous to Know, an A to Z of Australasian crimes, criminals and their victims. James Morton and Susanna Lobez have trawled through written records to compile this snappy yet comprehensive account of the bad, mad and plain notorious. All the names are here, from Ronald Ryan (the last man hanged in Australia), to the Carlton Crew. An unmissable book, in one handy volume, for anyone who wants to know all there is to know about Australia's dark underbelly.
Author: Professor Stephen Garton
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743326742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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War has shaped Australian society profoundly. When we commemorate the sacrifices of the Anzacs, we rightly celebrate their bravery, but we do not always acknowledge the complex aftermath of combat. In The Cost of War, Stephen Garton traces the experiences of Australia’s veterans, and asks what we can learn from their stories. He considers the long-term effects of war on returned servicemen and women, on their families and communities, and on Australian public life. He describes attempts to respond to the physical and psychological wounds of combat, from the first victims of shellshock during WWI to more recent understandings of post-traumatic stress disorder. And he examines the political and social repercussions of war, including debates over how we should commemorate conflict and how society should respond to the needs of veterans. When the first edition of The Cost of War appeared in 1996, it offered a ground-breaking new perspective on the Anzac experience. In this new edition, Garton again makes a compelling case for a more nuanced understanding of the individual and collective costs of war.
Author: Leo S. F. Lin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031414829
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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In this book, "Asian Organized Crime and the Anglosphere," the author uncovers the multifaceted phenomenon of Asian Organized Crime (AOC) and its profound impact on nation-states, with particular emphasis on English-speaking countries. From the United States and Canada, to the United Kingdom, to Australia and New Zealand; each chapter delves into the intricate dynamics and transnational operations of Asian criminal groups. The book explores the diverse responses and strategies employed by these countries, shedding light on the categories of AOC, ranging from traditional criminal activities rooted in Asian countries to high-tech transnational crimes that have rapidly expanded into Western nations. Readers will gain insights into the presence and impact of prominent Asian criminal groups operating within the Anglosphere. Focusing on national and homeland security implications, this book equips professionals, students, practitioners, and academics with the knowledge to understand, counter, and combat Asian organized crime.
