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13 Aust. & N.Z. J. Criminology 3 (1980)

handle is hein.journals/anzjc13 and id is 1 raw text is: AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March 1980) 13 (3-4) THE NEW PRESIDENT'S FOREWORD I am dedply conscious of both the honour and the responsibilities that have been bestowed upon me with my election to the Presidency of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. To follow, some ten years after his death, in the footsteps of that inspiring leader of criminological thought, The Honourable Sir John Barry, is as humbling as it is challenging. Even though always in awe of the man, I greatly appreciated Sir John's guidance and friendship in the last years of his life. It is a mark of the high esteem in which he was held that his name has been memorialized in many ways. The University of Melbourne, in close collaboration with this Society, conducts an annual lecture in his honour and outstanding criminology students are awarded medals bearing his name. The Law School of Monash University has named a Chair after him, and the library of the Australian Institute of Criminology in Canberra has also been dedicated to his memory. Despite all of this, I believe that the most fitting memorial to Sir John Barry is the advancement of sound criminological thought and practice; and it is this that the Society was established to achieve. Every area of criminology, whether it is concerned with police, courts or correctional work, or with the incidence or definition of crime, is potentially a minefield of emotion, rhetoric and controversy. In some ways the emotional side of the criminological debate provides a stimulus for continued interest in this field, but I would like to suggest that the lasting contribution that criminology can make will be in the extent to which criminologists are able to defuse the emotionalism. In my view, criminology stands for the rational and objective assessment and debate of matters which are prone to provoke strong passions. Anger, fear and disgust are all common human responses to pain, danger and deviance, but for too long these emotive reactions have formed the basis of our attitudes to crime and criminals and hence the basis of criminal justice policy in this country and elsewhere. As criminologists we are committed to raising the standard of the debate, and a significant vehicle for doing this is this Journal. In the period of my Presidency I will do all that I can to ensure that this Journal continues to improve in quality, size and circulation. In the twelve years that this Society and its Journal have been in existence criminology in Australia and New Zealand has developed to quite a remarkable extent. The volume of criminological research, the output of publications and the number of people who are calling themselves criminologists, have all increased markedly over this period. Even though notable progress has been made, it cannot be claimed that the Society and Journal have developed to the same degree. Apart from an expanded Journal, the most urgent needs are for increased membership and more opportunities for us to meet and discuss matters of mutual interest. All criminologists in Australia and New Zealand are extremely disappointed that the Sixth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders is not now to be held in Sydney later this year as originally planned. The 3

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