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The Limits of Imprisonment in Controlling Crime- Seminar
In association with the Robson Hanan Trust and the Henwood Trust:
The Limits of Imprisonment in Controlling Crime- a seminar presentation by Emeritus Professor David Brown, University of New South Wales
Thursday 26 May
2011
12.30pm - 1.30pm
St Andrews on the Terrace
No
RSVP required - all welcome
After three decades of
rapidly increasing imprisionment rates across a number of
countries there are signs that some politicians, and
sections of the media and public, are tiring of the endless
political bidding wars. A number of recent developments in
the US, UK and Australia suggest that conditions may be ripe
for a political shift in the reliance on escalating rates of
imprisonment as a default criminal justice strategy for
responding to crime.
Professor Brown will discuss the relationship between incarceration rates and crime rates within the wider context of the growing movement for rethinking the place of imprisonment in current criminal justice policy.
About Professor Brown: Emeritus Professor David Brown taught Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Crime Prevention, Community Corrections and Penology courses at the University of UNSW in Sydney from 1974 to 2008. He has given 120 conference papers or public addresses all over the world and is a regular media commentator on criminal justice issues.
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