Editorial
| DOI | 10.1177/000486586900200101 |
| Date | 01 March 1969 |
| Published date | 01 March 1969 |
EDITORIAL
First
Birthday
WE feel
it
a
matter
of
pride
in
achievement
that
the
first
year
of
the
Journal,
the
first
four
numbers
comprising
the
first
volume,
are
now
behind
us.
Although
no
one
recognizes
more
clearly
than
we do
the
shortcomings
of
the
first
volume,
nevertheless
the
really
important
thing
is
that
a
vehicle
for
criminological
communication
in
Australia
and
New
Zealand
has
been
born
and
has
had
a
relatively
trouble
free
neonatal
period
and
would
appear
to
have
a
healthy
future
before it.
From
one
point
of view
the
Journal
can
only be as good
and
as valuable
as
are
the
contributions
from
members
and
other
authors.
Therefore
what
is
needed
more
than
anything
else
are
original
articles, descriptive or
re-
porting
research,
case
reports,
abstracts
of
other
publications,
notes
and
correspondence. We look
forward
with
confidence to
our
second
year
and
feel no
doubt
whatsoever
that
we
shall
be able to improve on
our
efforts
of
last
year.
A
Clearing-house
tor
Criminological
Research
IT
may
be
said
that
research
without
any,
or
adequate,
communication
is
avery
nearly
futile
undertaking.
Further,
one
may
add
that
research
carried
out
with
inadequate
communication
tends
to be
wasteful
in
that
it
may
be
unduly
replicative
and
allow of
the
repetition
of
errors
of
technique
and
methodology.
It
is
certainly
true
that
at
present
in
Australia
and
New
Zealand
there
is very
little
efficient
communication
between
the
various
states,
and
between
the
two
countries;
and
very
little
communication
be-
tween
the
various
disciplines working
in
the
criminological field.
Can
anything
be
done
to
rectify
the
matter?
More
and
more
it is
be-
coming
apparent
that
Australia
and
New
Zealand
need
a
"clearing-house"
for
the
various
research
projects
being
proposed
and
being
undertaken.
In
December
1968, Dr. Albert Hess,
the
Director,
International
and
Project
Services,
National
Council on Crime
and
Delinquency, New York, visited
Australia
where
he
conferred
with
a
number
of people
regarding
the
setting
up of some
type
of
clearing-house.
Whilst
it
is
tempting
to
sit
back
and
allow
others
to
help
us
there
is
much
to be
said
for
us
making
a
start
to-
wards
helping
ourselves. Avery
minor
beginning
has
been
made
in
terms
of
the
section
in
the
Journal
concerned
with
Abstracts. We
hope
soon to go
further
and
circulate
all
members
with
a
pro-forma
asking
for
information
regarding
proposed
and
on-going
research.
These,
when
completed
should
be
returned
to
the
secretary
of
the
society.
It
is
intended
that
such
an
approach
to
members
will be
made
at
intervals
and
the
summarized
results
published
in
the
Journal.
It
is, of course,
admitted
that
such
an
endeavour
is crude,
but
a
start
must
be
made.
It
is
hoped
that
eventually
a
more
sophisticated
technique
may
prove possible. To
this
end
we
publish
in
this
number
a
general
work-
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