In 1997, the Wood Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service concluded
that a state ofsystemic and entrenched corruption'existed in the police organization. Major …

This article examines the problem of recent UK public inquiries into military controversies
both in general (the waging of war) and particular (individual killings). It first sets out their …

Taking Foucault's construction of 'regimes of truth'in advanced democratic societies as its
starting point, this article reflects on three decades of formal investigation and public inquiry …

In this book, James Gallen provides an in-depth evaluation of the responses of Western
States and churches to their historical abuses from a transitional justice perspective. Using a …

Child sexual abuse by clergy within the Roman Catholic Church has emerged as a social
and political discourse over the last three decades. The analysis here specifically focuses on …

Public inquiries into matters of conflict and security are vitally important yet undertheorised.
This article explores the potential of inquiries for the democratic scrutiny of foreign policy …

In academic and policy circles, there is widespread optimism about the ability of reentry to
change the terms of the punishment debate. In this article, we assess the impact of the …

On 2 June 1994, an RAF Chinook helicopter crashed into the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland,
killing all crew members and intelligence personnel on board. In this article, we analyse the …

The 'spycops' scandal has laid bare the existence of secretive police units that sent
undercover police officers to infiltrate and undermine hundreds of political campaigns and …

In 2019, the New Zealand government established a Royal Commission of Inquiry into
Abuse in Care to investigate the abuse and neglect of children, young people and …