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Wild Man

Wild Man

The True Story of a Police Killing, Mental Illness and the Law

by Alecia Simmonds
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/09/2015

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Wild Man is Alecia Simmonds' book about a coronial inquest into the police shooting of a mentally ill man. Simmonds structures this book as a personal fact-finding mission, critiquing her assumptions in a self-reflexive, honest style.
ISBN:
9781922213686
9781922213686
Category:
Crime & criminology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-09-2015
Publisher:
Affirm Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Dimensions (mm):
233x152x20mm
Weight:
0.36kg
Alecia Simmonds

Dr Alecia Simmonds is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her first book, Wild Man, won the 2016 Davitt Prize for best nonfiction crime writing.

She has been the recipient of prestigious academic grants and her writing has appeared in publications including The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Arena and Inside Story.

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