The New President's Foreword

Promoting the Theory and Practice of Criminology: The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Its Founding Moment

“…But Ken Shatwell, the Dean of Law who had been responsible for establishing the Institute of Criminology at the University of Sydney, was strongly supportive, attended the meeting and later served as President (1971-75). There were only four women at the first meeting -and by 1976 only 12% of the 300 members were women (Minute Books of the Society, 1967Society, -1972Johnston, 1976). Not until 1991 was there a female President (the first being Christine Alder).…”