Notes
| DOI | 10.1177/000486586900200419 |
| Date | 01 December 1969 |
| Published date | 01 December 1969 |
| Subject Matter | Notes |
256 AUST. &N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Dec., 1969):
2,4
APreliminary Survey of 24 Victorian
Marijuana Users (1969) Silberman, D., and
Levy, J. Med.J.Aust.
ii
286-289
TWENTY-FO'UR marijuana users (obtained
initially from personal social contacts)
were compared with matched controls
using a
yes/no
questionnaire technique.
Attitudes and personal characteristics
differed systematically between groups.
Most of
the
drug group identified closely
with its usage, and were to some
extent
a social outgroup. Asmall
number
could
not,
apart
from
the
facts of actual usage,
be distinguished from the controls. Aspects
of
the
drug
experience, the associated
personalities, and the usual consequences
of usage
are
discussed.
The
usual
stereotype of marijuana users did not
apply.
NOTES
Criminology Congress in Madrid. FoIlow-
ing the
Fourth
United Nations Congress
on
the
Prevention of Crime and
the
Treat-
ment
of Offenders in Kyoto, Japan, from
17th to 26th August, 1970, there is
the Sixth International Congress on
Criminology to be held in Madrid from
21st
to
27th of September, 1970. This
Congress is being organized by
the
Insti-
tute
of
Criminology
as a delegate of
the
International Society of Criminology,
honorary organism of
the
U.N.
and
recognized
by
the
U.,N.E.S.C.O. Anyone
interested in attending the Congress should
communicate
with
the organizers directly:
Secretaria del VI Congreso Internacional
de Criminologia,
GaIiIeo, 91
Madrid-(3),
Espana.
The Australian
Journal
of Foreaslc
Sciences. This Journal, volume 1, number 3
which recently reached us, is described
as The Official Journal of
the
Australian
Academy
of Forensic Sciences. The Presi-
dent
of
the
Academy is The Hon. Mr.
Justice R. Le Gay Brereton and
the
Editor
of
the
Journal is Dr.
John
Laing. The
contents
of
the
third number include "Some
Legal Aspects of
the
Identification of
Persons and Objects" by The Hon. Mr.
Justice B. Sugerman; "The Vagaries of
American Youth" by Prof. Jules H.
Masserman; "Pesticides" by Dr. D. F.
Waterhouse; and "Some Problems of
Transplantation:
Part
Two" by Dr. O. V.
Briscoe and Mr. H. M. Thompson. The
Journal is of some 40 pages and is $15
per annum
or
$4
per
single issue in
Australia.
The
Fourth
United Nations Congress on
Prevention
of
Crime and
the
Treatment
of
Offenders, Kyoto, Japan, 17-26 August
1970. Full details of the Congress
appeared in
the
June
1969 edition of this
Journal.
Members of the Society
who
are con-
templating attending
this
Congress
are
invited to inform
the
Secretary, Mr. David
Biles, Criminology Department, University
of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, so
that
he, if
the
response
warrants
it, will be
able to negotiate reduced air fare for an
"affinity group" with the appropriate
international airlines.
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