Australian Federal Police

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Australian Federal Police states on its website that its role is to "protect Australia's security and prevent and detect crimes against Commonwealth law within Australia and, in certain circumstances, by Australians overseas."[1] It also liaises with international law enforcement agencies and has particular responsibility for counter-terrorism enforcement.[2]

Contact details

Website: http://www.afp.gov.au/home

Resources Critical of US Police

Films

Resources Critical of Australian Police

Critiques of ASIO

  • Pat Flanagan (ed.), Big Brother or Democracy: The Case for the Abolition of ASIO (University of Adelaide, 1979).

Films

Articles and Resources

Chappell and Paul Wilson (eds), Crime and the Criminal Justice System in Australia: 2000 and Beyond (Butterworths, 2000).

Sources

  1. "National activities", Australian Federal Police website, accessed June 2008.
  2. "International activities", Australian Federal Police website, accessed June 2008.

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