{"title":"A State of Force","authors":"P. Bleakley","doi":"10.3167/CONT.2018.060204","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Australian history is littered with examples of situations\nin which police have engaged in the use of force—in some cases,\ndisproportionate violence—to maintain order and stability. In addition\nto this effort to control the population and ensure social order,\nextreme use of force was a key factor in repressing civil dissent\nand preventing marginalized communities from exercising their\nvoice within the social discourse. Former Queensland Police Commissioner\nFrederic Urquhart was at the forefront of several high-profile\nexamples of police enforcing social control during his tenure\nwith the Queensland police, including the punitive expeditions of\nthe Native Mounted Police Force, the civil disorder of the 1912\ngeneral strike, and the chaos associated with the 1919 Red Flag\nriots. In developing an appreciation for Urquhart’s behavior and\nmotivations, it can be seen that the Queensland police have always\nserved as a body dedicated to ensuring conformity through any\nmeans necessary.","PeriodicalId":36466,"journal":{"name":"Contention","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contention","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3167/CONT.2018.060204","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Australian history is littered with examples of situations
in which police have engaged in the use of force—in some cases,
disproportionate violence—to maintain order and stability. In addition
to this effort to control the population and ensure social order,
extreme use of force was a key factor in repressing civil dissent
and preventing marginalized communities from exercising their
voice within the social discourse. Former Queensland Police Commissioner
Frederic Urquhart was at the forefront of several high-profile
examples of police enforcing social control during his tenure
with the Queensland police, including the punitive expeditions of
the Native Mounted Police Force, the civil disorder of the 1912
general strike, and the chaos associated with the 1919 Red Flag
riots. In developing an appreciation for Urquhart’s behavior and
motivations, it can be seen that the Queensland police have always
served as a body dedicated to ensuring conformity through any
means necessary.
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