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

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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.


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