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This book is a valuable addition to the literature on labour history, industrial relations, and public order policing, especially for Australian readers. ... Situated at the crossroads between these three subfields, it offers a very accessible introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students, while extending to scholars an intriguing invitation to think more carefully about the conditions under which the police resort to violence against strikers and protesters. (Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri, Labour History, Issue 111, November, 2016)

“This book is a valuable addition to the literature on labour history, industrial relations, and public order policing, especially for Australian readers. … Situated at the crossroads between these three subfields, it offers a very accessible introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students, while extending to scholars an intriguing invitation to think more carefully about the conditions under which the police resort to violence against strikers and protesters.” (Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri, Labour History, Issue 111, November, 2016) 

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David Baker is Head of Criminal Justice at Federation University Australia. After employment at the Victoria Police Academy, David worked at Monash University from 1991 to 2013 and is author of Batons and Blockades (2005).

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