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3 Aust. & N.Z. J. Criminology 3 (1970)

handle is hein.journals/anzjc3 and id is 1 raw text is: AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Mar., 1970): 3, 1 THE NEW PRESIDENTS FOREWORD HE last issue of this Journal contained a tribute to the Foundation President of the Society, the Hon. Sir John Barry. All those who were privileged to enjoy his friendship feel a great sense of loss at his death. The Society especially is greatly indebted to him, for he has laid a secure foundation on which his successors can build. He combined great human qualities, scholarship and research with practical administration of the Criminal Law. Frequently, when, searching for authority, or a reference on a particular topic, one said, I will ask John Barry that. He was never too busy to refuse time to his colleagues, and a somewhat caustic humour enlivened all his utterances. The best tribute to Sir John is to carry on the work which he began. The Society now enjoys greater prestige than its comparative youth would suggest. There is a need for organisations which will develop a greater interest in the solution of the problems of society. The period since the end of the last war has seen a tremendous advance in science and technology - un- fortunately the movement in the social sciences has been much slower. The community needs educating with regard to its responsibilities in this respect. Millions are spent to put a man on the moon - it is hard to get money to study the tensions of society. Millions are spent on war - relatively little on research into methods of preventing war. These sentences rather simplify the problem. The social sciences are younger and less developed than the physical services. Research into human affairs can rarely give answers as conclusive as those of the technologist in his own sphere. Criminology, especially, is dependent on the further development of a host of other specialisations - psychiatry, sociology, correctional methods and so on. But to admit that the problem is difficult merely creates a greater challenge. We should not be satisfied that the sixties and seventies of this century represent a magnificent advance in the control of nature. This should also be matched by a more adequate understanding of the society in which we live. It is a hopeful sign that the Commonwealth is considering the creation of a National Institute of Criminology. The address of the Attorney- General, Mr. T. E. F. Hughes, Q.C., to the meeting of the Society in November 1969 was stimulating. The task of the Society, as I see it, is to create the climate in which the community will back the necessary work in criminology. This requires money, but money alone is not the answer. More experts need to be trained and some experts should be imported. Co-operative research projects must be set in train. There is no simple answer, and the community must be made to realise that, although conclusive solutions cannot be immediately guaranteed, research work must be supported on the interests of future development. G. W. PATON. 3

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