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| Published date | 01 September 1969 |
| DOI | 10.1177/000486586900200320 |
| Date | 01 September 1969 |
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Biennial general meeting of
the
Australian
and
New
Zealand
Society
of
Criminology.
Asub-committee of Messrs. Biles,
Johnston
and
Roulston has been appointed by the
executive to arrange details ot this meet-
ing which will be held in Melbourne before
the
end
of the year. All financial members
of the society will receive an invitation to
attend
this meeting as soon as final
arrangements
have been made.
Mr. E. M. Bingham, We
congratulate
Mr.
Bingham, amember of
the
Executive of
the
Society, on his election
to
the
Tasrnanian
State
Parliament
and his
membership of the Cabinet
where
he holds
the
portfolio embracing
the
Department
of
the
Attorney-General,
the
Police and
Licensing.
Chief
Inspector
Frank
Holland has been
appointed to
the
newly
created
position
of crime prevention co-ordinator and it
is expected
that
he will be promoted to
the
rank
of
superintendent
before
the
end
of
the
year, It is
understood
that
the
appointment
will be
concemed
with
the
preparation
of acrime prevention
pro
..
gramme
for the State,
with
expanding
police instruction, and in educating the
public in relation to
crime
and police
matters.
Dr. Oliver Briseoe,
Senior
Lecturer in
Forensie Psychiatry
at
the
Institute
of
Criminology, the University of Sydney, and
Consultant
Psychiatrist to the New South
Wales
Attorney-General's
Department
and
the
Department
of Prisons, will be leaving
in
September
and
returning
to England in
order
to
take
up an
appointment
at
the
Maudsley Hospital, London.
Mr. NeU Cameron, LL.M., forwards the
following information: "I . . . .take this
opportunity
to inform
you
of
the
position
at
Victoria (University of Wellington) as
regards
the teaching of criminology, As
you
no doubt know,
the
University has
been
trying
to
start
a
course
in Criminology
for
some time
but
has
only
[ust
succeeded
in
getting
someone to
teach
it. I
was
ap-
pointed at the end of
last
year
from
England mainly to
teach
the
subject to
students
within
the
Law
Faculty
who
can
do it as an optional
unit
towards
their
undergraduate
degree. At
present
there
are
roughly
45
students
in
this
group.
. .:.
It is
probable
that
next
year
the
Sociology
Department
will appoint someone
to
start
acourse
within
that
department
and
there
will, of course, be a
very
high degree of
co-operation between
the
two
groups. This
should lead to
the
eventual
setting-up
of
post-graduate
and diploma courses.'
Mr. G.
Hawkins
is going as a Research
Fellow to the
Center
for
Studies in
Criminal
Justice
at the
University
of
Chicago Law School from December Ist,
1969, to
February
28th, 1970. He will be
continuing
work
on a book, The Problem
of
Deterrence
in Criminal Law,
with
co-
author
Professor
Frank
Zirnring -
work
begun
in 1967-8
when
he
was
there
before.
Mr.
Hawkins's
book, which he co-authored
with
Professor
Norval Morris, will be
published soon. The provisional title of
the
work
is An Honest Politician's Guide
to Crime Control.
The
Institute
of Criminology of Sydney
University
Law
School has been busy
organising seminars on a
variety
of sub-
[ects of
interest
to lawyers, sociologists,
criminologists and others
interested
in
current
social problems, These seminars
have
ranged
from
topics such as sentenc-
ing, fitness to plead, delinquincy, drug
abuse, abortion, to a
highly
successful
week-end meeting held
[ointly
with
the
Faculty
of Law to discuss
Computers
and
the
Lawyer, The
papers
presented
at
all
these seminars and a
summary
of the
discussion
are
being printed in
the
Report
of Proceedings of
the
Institute, which is
to be published tri-annually. The first
volume,containing
reports
of
the
first
Sentencing seminar and the
seminar
on
Fitness to Plead is
now
with
the
Govern-
ment
Printer, and will
shortly
be on sale
at
the
Law School.
The
latest
seminar on
SexualOffences
against
Females created aIively debate
about
pack
rape
and
the
appropriate
punishment
for offenders.
Another
topic
raised
was
the need for
amendment
to the
definition of carnal knowledge to eliminate
certain
situations which
now
inevitably
lead to no bill being found, acquittal, or
abond.
Because of changed social atti-
tudes and decrease in
the
age of
onset
of
puberty, it seems
that
it is high time for
areview of this
area
of
the
law.
The
next
seminar is to be on
"Ball",
In
two
evening meetings it is hoped to
discuss
the
principles involved in
granting
bail
and
the problems in weighing up
the
risks of absconding,
further
offences while
on bail
and
possible intimidation
of
wit-
nesses against
the
cost and
inhumanity
of
needlessly keeping an offender in custody
while awaiting trial. This
seminar
is
expected to be held early in October.
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