The Resource Getting away with murder, Duncan McNab
Getting away with murder, Duncan McNab
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This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- From 1977 to the end of 1986, Duncan McNab was a member of the NSW Police Force. Most of his service was in criminal investigation. The many unsolved deaths and disappearances of young gay men are the crimes that continue to haunt him. Around 80 men died or disappeared in NSW from the late 70s to early 90s during an epidemic of gay-hate crimes. The line between a vicious assault and murder is a slender one and this was a time of brutal attacks on gay men, featuring gangs of young thugs like the 'Parkside Killers' and 'Bondi Boys', who took to the growing gay rights community with fists and feet. Even more troubling are incidents in which gay men disappeared and have never been found, or where deaths were initially dismissed by the NSW Police as either misadventure or suicide. We now know that a number of these men were hunted down by gangs and thrown over beachside cliffs near the nation's top tourist spots. Investigation of crimes against gay men wasn't always high on the list of priorities for the police and over twenty years later they are still slow to come to grips with their own dismal track record. The families of the victims, and some journalists, have not given up and continue to push the NSW Police Force for more answers. This book is the story of a unique time in our history when social change, politics, devastating disease and police culture collided, and you could get away with murder
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143780786
- Label
- Getting away with murder
- Title
- Getting away with murder
- Statement of responsibility
- Duncan McNab
- Subject
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- Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueGay men
- Gay men -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueHate crime investigation
- Hate crime investigation -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueHate crimes
- trueAustralian
- Murder -- New South Wales | Sydney
- truePolice misconduct
- Police misconduct -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueSydney, New South Wales
- Victims of hate crimes -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueMurder
- trueCold cases (Criminal investigation)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From 1977 to the end of 1986, Duncan McNab was a member of the NSW Police Force. Most of his service was in criminal investigation. The many unsolved deaths and disappearances of young gay men are the crimes that continue to haunt him. Around 80 men died or disappeared in NSW from the late 70s to early 90s during an epidemic of gay-hate crimes. The line between a vicious assault and murder is a slender one and this was a time of brutal attacks on gay men, featuring gangs of young thugs like the 'Parkside Killers' and 'Bondi Boys', who took to the growing gay rights community with fists and feet. Even more troubling are incidents in which gay men disappeared and have never been found, or where deaths were initially dismissed by the NSW Police as either misadventure or suicide. We now know that a number of these men were hunted down by gangs and thrown over beachside cliffs near the nation's top tourist spots. Investigation of crimes against gay men wasn't always high on the list of priorities for the police and over twenty years later they are still slow to come to grips with their own dismal track record. The families of the victims, and some journalists, have not given up and continue to push the NSW Police Force for more answers. This book is the story of a unique time in our history when social change, politics, devastating disease and police culture collided, and you could get away with murder
- Award
- Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime, 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10599310
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McNab, Duncan
- Dewey number
- 363.25
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gay men
- Victims of hate crimes
- Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
- Hate crime investigation
- Police misconduct
- Murder
- Label
- Getting away with murder, Duncan McNab
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058473194
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143780786
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956920516
- Label
- Getting away with murder, Duncan McNab
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058473194
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143780786
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956920516
Subject
- Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueGay men
- Gay men -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueHate crime investigation
- Hate crime investigation -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueHate crimes
- trueAustralian
- Murder -- New South Wales | Sydney
- truePolice misconduct
- Police misconduct -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueSydney, New South Wales
- Victims of hate crimes -- New South Wales | Sydney
- trueMurder
- trueCold cases (Criminal investigation)
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