Editorial
| DOI | 10.1177/000486587100400401 |
| Published date | 01 December 1971 |
| Date | 01 December 1971 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
AUST. &N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Dec., 1971): 4, 4
EDITORIAL
193
Sixth
Nationa;
Conference
of
Australian
Crime
Prevention
Correction
and
After-Care
Council
IN
1969
we
termed
the
Journal
published in December
the
"Conference
Number". This was because
that
Journal
contained
papers
read
to
the
Fifth
National Conference held in
Perth,
Western Australia. This
Journal
is
again
termed
the
"Conference Number", as it
contains
aselection of
the
papers
and
reports presented to
the
Sixth
National Conference held in
the
University
of Queensland, Brisbane between 14th-20th August,
1971.
One
may
properly
make
the
comment
that
"criminology"
in
Australia
is rapidly
maturing
and
"coming of age".
The
Sixth
National Conference
was very well organized
and
the
standard
of
the
papers
and
reports
reason-
ably
high
and
compared very favourably
with
all
the
earlier conferences.
Another index of
the
development of criminology in Australia is
the
passing
of
the
Commonwealth
Criminology
Research
Act,
1971
1•
The
programme of
the
Sixth
National Conference was varied
and
the
contributions,
apart
from those published in
these
pages, included papers-
entitled
"Volunteers
and
Corrections in
England
and
U.S.A.";
"The
Re-
sponsibilities of
an
Education System in Crime Prevention";
"The
Principles
and
Operation of Armed Services Corrections";
"The
Part
that
Police
can
Play in Crime Prevention";
"The
Place of Religion in Crime
Prevention
and
Correction"; "Sentencing";
"The
Social
Structure
of a Maximum Security
Institution";
"Student
Dissent"; "Involving Young People
in
Voluntary
Work
with
Offenders, Prisoners
and
EX-Prisoners";
and
"Developments
in
the
Treatment
of Women Offenders".
The
papers were
both
read
and
listened to by a mixed audience of
voluntary workers, academics
and
professional field workers:
there
was no
evidence
that
the
fears
expressed by some
at
the
Conference in 1969
3,
that
the
"expert"
might
tend
to
push
the
voluntary
workers
out
of
activepartici-
pation
in
the
Council,
had
any
real
substance.
The
first
paper
was
read
by
the
Hon. J. C. Maddison, Minister of Justice,
New
South
Wales,
and
was
entitled
"Report
on United Nations Congress,
Kyoto, 1970."
It
is
thought
worthwhile simply
noting
two or
three
comments
which were
made
in
the
paper.
It
was firstly pointed
out
that
the
Australian Delegation "were
not
prepared
sufficiently
far
in advance to
have
enabled
the
delegates
...
to
come
together
prior to leaving Australia so
that
we could
hammer
out
some
of
our
thoughts". This is a proper criticism
and
all too
often
delegates to
aconference
are
nominated
late
in
the
piece
and
no proper
opportunity
1s
given for
the
adequate
briefing of
Individuals
and
no
opportunity
for
dialogue between those
attending
on
behalf
of a government or
other
1. See p. 248.
2. Information regarding
these
papers can be obtained from Mrs. H. M. North,
Assistant
Secretary, Australian Crime Prevention, Correction and After-Care Council, 44-50 Phillip
St., Sydney, N.S.W., 2000.
3. Aust.N.Z.J.CriminoI. (1969) 2 195.
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