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Number 4 – 1991

  • POLICE DIVING
    The Shaft
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder of Geoffrey David McGroder
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    Computerised Accident Reconstruction
  • UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS
    Operational Undercover Work – An Organisational Overview
  • POLICE METHODS
    Operation ‘Redgum’
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Footwear Impression Evidence

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Number 4 – 1989

  • ARREST
    Investigatory Detention – A Need or Want?
  • EXTORTION (QUEENSLAND)
    The Extortionist
  • HOMICIDE (NSW)
    Who Killed Julie?
  • POLICE EDUCATION
    University Degrees – Flavour of the Month in Australia?
  • SEXUAL OFFENCES
    Date Rape – Terror From a Friend
  • UNUSUAL DEATHS
    Without Warning They Burst into Flames
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Brothers in Arms – The Inside Story of Two Bikie Gangs
    Information Security: A Practical Handbook on Business Counter-intelligence

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Number 3 – 1989

  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    A Suitable Holster (A Victorian Perspective)
  • RESCUE
    Queensland Disaster Planning
  • POLICE EDUCATION
    University Degrees – Flavour of the Month in Australia Part 1
  • FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION
    Fibre Evidence
  • HOMICIDE (VICTORIA)
    Hunt for the Ballarat Killer
  • DRUGS
    Doping in Sport
  • HOMICIDE (USA)
    A Babysitter’s Call to Death
  • POLICE HEALTH
    Cholesterol – Police at Risk
  • OVERSEAS POLICE
    History of the United States Marshals Service
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Violence at Sea: Review of Terrorism, Acts of War and Countermeasures to Prevent Terrorism
    Fascism and the Mafia
    Insanity and Incompetence

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Number 4 – 1988

  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Hazardous Materials Decontamination Unit
  • POLICE ADMINISTRATION
    Issues in Police Leadership
  • HOMICIDE
    Characteristics of Homicides in Victoria, January 1984 – June 1988
  • TRAFFIC
    An Answer to Drug Driving?
  • INDECENT BEHAVIOUR
    How to ‘Handle’ a Flasher
  • POLICE TRAINING
    Crime Analysis: Intelligence Techniques in Criminal Investigation
  • HISTORICAL
    The New Forces: A Comparison of British and Australian Police Forces 1820 – 1850
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Policing in Australia: Historical Perspectives
    Understanding Crime and Criminal Justice

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Number 2 – 1988

  • DRUGS
    Understanding Drug Dependence
  • FORENSIC DENTISTRY
    Forensic Odontology – Adelaide; Tokyo; and Madras
  • COMMUNITY POLICING
    Canberra’s Constable ‘Kenny Koala’
  • BICENTENNIAL EVENT
    Camel Trek Honours Pioneers of the Centre
  • COMPUTER CRIME
    The Law as it Relates to Computer Abuse
  • STRESS
    Stress Management – How it Affects Police Officers
  • CHILD ABUSE
    A Survey on Child Abuse
  • POLICE VEHICLES
    Bentleys in Pursuit
  • HOMICIDE (USA)
    McDonald’s Massacre
  • POLICE DOGS
    UK Canine Bravery Award for Top Hong Kong Police Dog
  • NEIGHBOURHOOD DISPUTE
    Peace on Main Street
  • FIREARMS
    Trends in Police Handguns
  • ANZAC POLICE
    ‘On ANZAC Day!’
  • BOOK REVIEW
    The People’s Force
  • POEM
    An Orphan’s Prayer …

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Number 1 – 1988

  • POLICE BANDS (VICTORIA)
    The Music Machine
  • HISTORICAL (NSW)
    Miles O’Grady – Police Hero
  • HOMICIDE (VICTORIA)
    Madill and Heywood Murders
  • POLICE ADMINISTRATION (NSW)
    Changing the Game Rules
  • POLICE HEALTH
    An Employee Assistance Program: A Pilot Smoking Cessation Program for Police Officers
  • VICTIMS OF CRIME
    Victims – Their Time has Come
  • CRIME INVESTIGATION
    High-Tech Police Team Puts Byte on Computer Thieves
  • IDENTIFICATION
    Understanding Fingerprints
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Cuckoo: A True Story of Murder and its Detection

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Number 3 – 1987

  • CROCODILE ATTACK (NT)
    Eaten Alive
  • HOMICIDE (NSW)
    Further to the Kim Barry Saga
  • HOMICIDE
    Sex Killers – Their Actions and Reactions
  • SHIPWRECK (NZ)
    ‘Mikhail Lermontov’ Update
  • FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
    The Police and the Future: Social Trends and their Implications for Law Enforcement
  • POLICE HEALTH
    AIDS: The Penny Drops
  • POLICE QUESTIONING (TAS)
    Scientific and Technical Aids to Police Interviews – Identification Parades – Part 5

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Number 4 – 1986

  • POLICE ESSAYS
    The Queen’s Police Gold Medal Essay Competition – 1985
  • IDENTIFICATION
    Our Future Through the Magic Eyes
  • HOMICIDE (ACT)
    Murderer in Custody Before Victim Discovered
  • POLICE SPORT
    The Inaugural Australia/New Zealand Police Games
  • NEW SOUTH WALES
    Horse Toll
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    Scientific and Technical Aids to Police Interview – Interrogation – Part 2 (Section III)

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Murderer in Custody Before Victim Discovered

Senior Sergeant Ray Leister

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October 1972

  • EDUCATION
    Queensland Police Art and Sciences Certificate Course
  • FRAUD
    Counterfeiting and Forgery
  • CRIMINAL REHABILITATION
    A Police Point of View
  • QUEEN’S POLICE GOLD MEDAL ESSAY
    The Role of Police in the Prosecution of Offenders
  • ILLICIT DRUGS
    These Pep Pills
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    An Identification by Means of Forensic Odontology: The Mearns (Garvie) Murder

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July 1971

  • EVIDENCE
    Circumstantial Evidence and Expert Testimony
  • TEETH MARKS
    Teeth Marks and Their Significance in Cases of Homicide
  • POWERS
    Police Powers and Responsibilities – Common Law, Statutory and Discretionary
  • ABDUCTION
    The Miracle of Wendy Pfeiffer
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Gunpowder and Shot Pattern Tests

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April 1971

  • ADMINISTRATION
    Decision Making
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    Mass Photography in Murder Investigations
  • LEGAL
    Cross Examination
  • PERSPECTIVE
    A Police Point of View
  • ROAD POLICING
    Exceed Speed Limit
  • PERSPECTIVE
    Common Sense and Determination
  • LEGAL
    Past Quaintness of our Law
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Disguises used by Fugitives

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July 1970

  • HOMICIDE
    The Barkly Highway Murder
  • DEATH
    Sentencing a Juvenile for Manslaughter
  • BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE
    Behavioural Science and Law Enforcement
  • CRIMESCENCES
    The Scene of the Crime
  • ILLICIT DRUGS
    The Psychedelic Boom
  • QUEEN’S POLICE GOLD MEDAL ESSAY
    The Exercise of Discretion in the Enforcement of Law
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Cannons and Mortar

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April 1967

  • FINGERPRINT PHOTOGRAPHY
    A Camera Designed for Fingerprint Photography
  • COMMENTARY
    Striking a Balance
  • ADMINISTRATION
    Administration of a Modern Police Force
  • COMMENTARY
    The Police in a Changing Society
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder of Betty Ryan
  • DELINQUENCY
    The Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Delinquents
  • RAPE
    Rape
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Million-to-one Shot
    Secret is Sprung
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Railway Offences

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July 1965

  • CENSORSHIP
    Obscenity in Literature: Crime or Free Speech – Part II
  • FORENSICS
    Identifying Skeletal Remains
  • LEGAL
    Police Offences Act – Unlawful Possession
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder of Mary Ann Ferguson
  • BOTANY
    Taxonomy and Plant Ecology in the Field of Forensic Science
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Big Firecracker, Small Pop
    Knifelike Weapon Shoots Bullets

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April 1965

  • HUMAN RIGHTS
    The Role of the Police in the Protection of Human Rights – Part II
  • QUEEN’S POLICE GOLD MEDAL 
    Combatting Organised Crime
  • THEFT
    The Case of the Vanishing Hundred Pounds
  • LEGAL
    Admissibility of Record of Interview
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Latent Prints Help Solve Bizarre Murder
  • BOOK REVIEW
    An Outline of the Law of Evidence
  • CENSORSHIP
    Obscenity in Literature: Crime or Free Speech

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October 1963

  • POLICE METHODOLOGY
    Agents Provocateurs
  • LEGAL
    The Privilege Against Self Incrimination Endangered
  • HISTORICAL
    The Establishment of Jury Trial in New South Wales – Part I
  • STRANGLING
    Murder or Suicide
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Identification and Apprehension of Suspect by IdentiKit Sketch
    “Know Your Police Department Week’ in Oakland, California
    Emergency Call Boxes for Motorists in Distress

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October 1960

  • OFFENCES
    Send Letter Threatening to Kill
  • CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
    A Study in Capital Punishment
  • HOMICIDE
    The Potters Bar Golf Course Murder
  • ADMINISTRATION
    By Whose Order
  • CRIME PREVENTION
    The Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Delinquents
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Minute Evidence Traps Burglar
    Microbiologist Assists in Cattle Stealing Offence
    Logical Steps Can Expose Writers of Anonymous Letters
    Known Specimens
    Barefoot Burglar Leaves Identifying Footprints
  • LEGAL
    The Layman and the Law in England – Part I
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Motor Vehicle Law in New South Wales

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October 1957

  • HOMICIDE
    Murder at Fantome Island, Leprosarium
  • CADETS
    Police Cadet System at Cincinnati
  • FORENSICS
    Comparison of Typewriters
  • FRAUD
    Multiple Falsification of Documents
  • CANINE OPERATIONS
    Police Dogs in the Palestine Police
  • MEDIA
    The Police and the Press
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Identification of Piece of Metal Foil
    Boy’s Sketch Aids Police in Hit-Run Case
  • LEGISLATION
    Manslaughter by Unlawful Act – Part II

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July 1957

  • JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
    The Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
  • HOMICIDE
    Investigation on a Case of Murder
  • ALCOHOL 
    The Provisions of the Liquor Act in Respect of Registered Clubs in NSW
  • FORENSICS
    Handwriting Examinations
  • SEARCH & RESCUE
    Search Parties Organised by Police
  • STATISTICS
    Murder in NSW
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Crime Scene Evidence
    Television as an Aid to the Detection of Sneak Thieves
    Rear View Spectacles
  • LEGISLATION
    Manslaughter by Unlawful Act – Part I

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April 1956

  • HOMICIDE
    Important Evidence in the Greenlease Case – FBI Bulletin
  • ROAD SAFETY
    Driving Under the Influence
  • ROAD SAFETY
    Important Factors in Traffic Control and Enforcement
  • LEGISLATION
    Recent Possession
  • RESOURCES
    The Police Library
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Motor Vehicle Law in New South Wales
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Forgery – the Proving of Handwriting Forgeries by the Use of Photographs
    Integration of Fire and Police Services
  • CHARITIES
    Red Cross Activities
  • VAGRANCY
    The Law of ‘Vagrancy’ in Western Australia

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July 1955

  • LAW
    The Criminal Degrees of Knowledge
  • HOMICIDE
    The Parker-Hulme Murder
  • EVIDENCE
    Bankers’ Books
  • POLICE PRACTICES
    Some Weak Links in Police Communications
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Psychology of the Search
    The Importance of Impressions Left by Teeth and Lips in Crime Detection
    Identification of Handwriting
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Outline of Law in Australia

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April 1955

  • FINGERPRINTS
    The Viscid Period
  • HISTORICAL
    The Dick Turpin Myth
  • HISTORICAL
    The Early History of Trial in English Law, Including Ordeals and Juries
  • HOMICIDE
    The French Case
  • EVIDENCE
    Documentary Evidence
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    The Behaviour of Human Bodies in Water
  • HISTORICAL
    Victoria Police, A Historical Review
  • ALCOHOL
    Alcohol and Crime
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Determination of Amount of Alcoholic Liquor Consumed
    Identification of Wood Bit
  • LEGAL
    Inquiry Desk

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