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28 Aust. & N.Z. J. Criminology 1 (1995)

handle is hein.journals/anzjc28 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial Writing on the day that the New South Wales government committed itself to mimicking American 'three strikes' sentencing laws, it is difficult not to be depressed about the quality of public debate on crime and criminal justice. Politicians from both sides claim to take crime seriously, but in reality do the opposite by cynically exploiting fears of crime and unrealistically raising expectations of the criminal justice system's response. The need for criminologists to intervene in this spiral of political irresponsibility is pressing. A distinctive characteristic of criminology in Australia and New Zealand which I hope to encourage during my time as editor is the combination of theoretical and empirical work with policy analysis: a willingness to use research. Papers delivered to the Society's 1994 conference, Crime, Criminology and Public Policy, provided evidence of this strength. This is not to prescribe a limited policy focus for the Journal. On the contrary, I hope that it will also increasingly reflect theoretical developments in the social sciences and elsewhere. For example, the strength of feminist contributions to the 1994 conference was particularly encouraging. I see 'criminology' as a meeting place for people researching crime and deviance across a wide range of academic disciplines and professional concerns. I hope that the Journal will attract contributions from this wider constituency which goes far beyond those who call themselves criminologists. Criminology from Australia and New Zealand is attracting increasing attention in North America and Britain. I hope that this, supplemented by more effective marketing and distribution, will lead to a growing international audience for the Journal. This should also be encouraged by the publication of work by criminologists from outside the region. Future issues will carry some of the international contributions to the 1994 conference. As Ross Homel noted in his first editorial in December 1992, an editor's ambitions are soon tempered by appreciation of her or his reliance on the willingness of the Journal's readership to contribute articles, to referee submissions, and to write reviews. I encourage authors to discuss publication plans with me and to submit their work. I hope that the Journal will increasingly be able to accommodate not just conventional articles, but also shorter research notes, comments and reports. I plan to continue widening the group of referees and book reviewers: it would be very helpful if colleagues willing to assist with either or both would send me details of their fields of interest and expertise. The readership of the Journal has been poorly served by problems in its production and distribution. While these are not yet fully resolved, it is hoped that they soon will be. The commitment of a stable production team at the publishers is vital, and I am grateful to Ingrid Pagura and Nina Kerr for their willing cooperation and hard work. In this respect, it 1

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