Veronica Gorrie

Winner of the 2022 Victorian Premier's Prize for Literature Winner of the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing Shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize for Nonfiction The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force. A proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up...

A powerful indictment of the criminal behaviour of police officers, and a call for institutional reform, edited by the multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue. When Cops Are Criminals examines the widespread problem of police brutality and corruption from the perspectives of those who understand it in depth. Pulling together the accounts of survivors, campaigners, and academics, it explores different...