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Obituary Carol La Prairie

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Published date01 April 2011
Date01 April 2011
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/0004865811401300
Subject MatterObituary
Australian & New Zealand
Journal of Criminology
44(1) 151
!The Author(s) 2011
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Obituary Carol La Prairie
October 8, 1937 - December 15, 2010
Carol La Prairie, Ph.D., passed away on 15 December 2010, peacefully and surrounded
by love, after a courageous and dignified battled with leukaemia. Dr. Carol La Prairie
had a distinguished professional life as one of Canada’s leading criminologists, tirelessly
advocating for society’s most disadvantaged, always challenging complacency and indif-
ference. Possessor of four university degrees, including a doctorate in sociology, and
holder of various academic fellowships and university appointments in Canada and
Australia, Carol used her academic training to pursue a life-long interest in aboriginal
justice policy research. Her personal willingness to engage in demanding field work on
reserves and in inner cities, as well as her use of comprehensive data bases, gave her
analysis of complex justice issues an unassailable intellectual and personal authority. She
was a courageous and committed scholar with numerous published academic reports,
articles and books, who leaves an important intellectual legacy. She will be greatly
missed by her family and by her extensive network of professional colleagues, and
friends who had the pleasure of working with her over the years in both government
and academia.

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