Wild man / Alecia Simmonds.
Publication details: South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2015.Description: 260 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781922213686
- Wild man : the true story of a police killing, mental illness and the law
- Pringle, Ryan, -2012 -- Death and burial
- Pringle, Ryan, -2012 -- Death and burial
- Police shootings -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Drug use -- Fiction
- Police shootings -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Mentally ill offenders -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Coroners -- New South Wales
- Mental illness -- Australia
- Police -- Australia
- Mentally ill offenders -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Police shootings -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Mentally ill offenders -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Coroners -- Australia -- New South Wales
- Australian
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 363.232 SIM | Available | 059569 |
In April 2012 a man was shot dead by police on a remote farm in New South Wales called the School of Happiness. The victim, who was high on a cocktail of drugs and who suffered from mental illness, had been threatening attendees of a hippie festival with a crossbow and hunting knife. When the police finally arrived, they tried to subdue him but, ultimately, fatal shots were fired. In Wild Man Alecia Simmonds follows the coronial inquest into the police killing. She reveals what really happened that night and unravels the web of issues entangled in this fascinating, bizarre and, undoubtedly, tragic case: a cultural clash between hippies and hunters; drug use, violence, masculinity and psychosis. She asks how family members, as well as police, came to work on the frontline of mental health. This spectacular book is a clear-eyed look at some of the most pressing problems facing contemporary Australia.
Winner 2016 Sisters In Crime Davitt Award for True Crime.
