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15 Ateneo L.J. 1 (1965-1966)

handle is hein.journals/ateno15 and id is 1 raw text is: SEPTEMBER, 1965 NUMBERY 1 t ATENEO LAW JOURNAL SOCIETY, CRIME AND LAW Senderey Drapkin Nihil novo sub sole said the old philosopher. To a certain extent it sounds like an undeniab!e truth, particularly if we recall for instance that the origin of the atomic theory and the search for other planets existed many centuries ago. But even if no subject is really new, the way in which we tackle it, the angle from which we focus upon it, the emphasis with which we discuss it, is different from those used by our predecessors. From this particular point of view we may assume that many subjects are new today. Precisely from this angle we would like to deal with the very old substance of our lecture: Society, Crime and Law. Few subjects awaken a greater interest in human beings than the one connected with crime and criminals. This may be due to the thirst for adventures - romantic, dramatic or tragic ones - that lies in the innermost nature of man. On the other hand, crime usually involves rather serious social consequences and it is utilized as the happy hunting grounds for all sorts of studies and scientific research. As a consequence, this perennial interest of mankind in all the problems connected with crime and delinquency is not at all strange. It was so in the past, it is still true today and there is no reason why it should not be so in the future. The suc- cessive causative theories upheld till now, served not only to provide *B.A., 1923, Bachelor of Medicine and Pharmacy, 1925, Lic. in Medicine and Pharmacy, 1928, and Dr. Med., 1929, Santiago; Medical Chief, Psychoso- matic Outpatient Dept., St. Salvador Hospital, Santiago, 1947-59; Medical Chief, Institute of Criminology, Dept. of Prisons, Santiago, 1936-59; Lecturer in Cri- minology, School of Police, Santiago, 1942-59, and Superior Institute of Police, Santiago, 1948-59; Professor of Social Pathology, 1950-59, of Mentall Hygiene, 1953-59, and of Criminology, 1958, University of Chile; Extraordinary Profes- sor of Social Pathology, since 1950, and of Criminology, since 1956, University of Chile; Chilean Correspondent, U.N. Social Defense Section, since 1950; U.N. Technical Assistance Administration expert in Israel for criminological studies and services, 1957; Professor and Director of the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, since 1959. 1 Digitized from Best Copy Available VOLUME XV

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