International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice ( IF 1.250 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-30 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.07.001 Luke McNamara , Julia Quilter
This article analyses the evolution of police ‘move-on’ (dispersal) powers in Australia, with a focus on how this form of statutory police power is being recalibrated as a technique for deterring and closing down public place protests. Using a case study from recent events in the state of New South Wales, we draw attention to the ways in which governments have begun to employ the move-on power as a tool for imposing their own visions of how public places should be used and how protests are allowed to be conducted. We highlight the work done by the ambiguous and malleable concept of ‘public safety’ and the imperative of not permitting protests to interrupt business activities. We argue that the combined effect of the ascendancy of these preferences, and the pre-emptive logic which is at the heart of move-on powers, is to produce a serious challenge to the vision of public places as sites for dissent and democratic mobilisation.
中文翻译:
通过扩大警察“移交”权力将抗议定为刑事犯罪:澳大利亚的一个案例研究
本文分析了澳大利亚警察“继续前进”(分散)权力的演变,重点是如何重新校准这种形式的法定警察权力,以阻止和关闭公共场所的抗议活动。通过使用新南威尔士州最近发生的事件的案例研究,我们提请人们注意政府开始采用移交权力的方法,以此来强加自己对如何使用公共场所以及如何使用公共场所的看法。允许进行抗议。我们强调模棱两可和具有延展性的“公共安全”概念所做的工作,以及不允许抗议活动中断商业活动的当务之急。我们认为,这些偏好的优势与先发制人逻辑的共同作用是先发制人的核心,