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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