Editor's note
| DOI | 10.1177/000486908301600411 |
| Published date | 01 December 1983 |
| Date | 01 December 1983 |
| Subject Matter | Editor's Note |
RESEARCH NOTE: A CRITIQUE 253
EDITOR'S NOTE
.The contribution from Lovegrove which appears here started life as a review of
Potas'
and
Walker's
book,
Sentencing the Federal Drug Offender:
An
Experiment
in Computer-Aided Sentencing (Australian Institute of Criminology, 1983). It was
to be published in
the
Journal
but
turned
out
to be longer
than
was
appropriate
for
a
book
review.
Dr
Lovegrove was anxious for his views to see
the
light of day,
and,
encouraged
by
the
Editor,
developed them for publication as a
"Research
Note".
Because
the
subject
matter
of the book by Potas and Walker is an extremely
important
criminological issue, especially in the light of
the
Australian Law
Reform
Commission's 1980
Report
on
the
Sentencing
of
Federal Offenders
and
because
Lovegrove's criticisms are strong ones the
Editor
took
the
view
that
Potas
and
Walker
should be offered a right to reply. Their response appears following
Lovegrove's
"Note".
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