Veronica Gorrie Veronica Gorrie i(20519193 works by) (a.k.a. Veronica Heritage-Gorrie)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kurnai
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1 1 y separately published work icon When Cops Are Criminals Veronica Gorrie (editor), Carlton North : Scribe , 2024 27053944 2024 anthology essay

'A powerful indictment of the criminal behaviour of police officers, and a call for institutional reform, edited by the multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue.

'When Cops Are Criminals examines the widespread problem of police brutality and corruption from the perspectives of those who understand it in depth. Pulling together the accounts of survivors, campaigners, and academics, it explores different forms of criminal behaviour by police, the factors that contribute to it, the impact it has on victims, and the challenges of holding perpetrators accountable.

'Told with candour, honesty, bravery, and rage, these stories will challenge readers to reflect on the institutions that so many people take for granted. Whose interests are they really serving? And where can people turn when the institutions that are supposed to protect them are the ones doing the damage?' (Publication summary)

1 Teresa Veronica Gorrie , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Against Disappearance : Essays on Memory 2022;
1 6 y separately published work icon Black and Blue : A Memoir of Racism and Resilience Veronica Gorrie , Melbourne : Scribe , 2021 20519254 2021 single work autobiography

'The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force.

'A proud Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply compromised law-enforcement system, Gorrie signed up for training to become one of a rare few Aboriginal police officers in Australia. In her ten years in the force, she witnessed appalling institutional racism and sexism, and fought past those things to provide courageous and compassionate service to civilians in need, many Aboriginal themselves.

'With a great gift for storytelling and a wicked sense of humour, Gorrie frankly and movingly explores the impact of racism on her family and her life, the impact of intergenerational trauma resulting from cultural dispossession, and the inevitable difficulties of making her way as an Aboriginal woman in the white-and-male-dominated workplace of the police force.

'Black and Blue is a memoir of remarkable fortitude and resilience, told with wit, wisdom, and great heart.' (Publication summary)

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