Penology, 1950-1964

Containers:

Box 45, 46 (MS 2505)

Component identifier:

Series 34

Content Summary:

Penology, the scientific study of the prevention and punishment of crime, was one of Sir John Barry's deep concerns. He corresponded with Sir Arthur Rylah, P. Brett, P. Frost and J.J. Lynch during the drafting and debate of the Penal Reform Bill (1956) which effected extensive changes in the previously existing provisions governing the sentencing of convicted persons.

The series contains copies of Rylah's speech in the Victorian Parliament in explanation of the Bill, and other printed material, including reports of the Police Department 1954, 1956 and 1957, and an Outline of the history of the Police Department, (1959); the report of A.R. Whatmore's overseas tour in 1950; reports of the Indeterminate Sentences Board, articles by Manuel Lopez-Rey, M.E. Waller, H. Morris and A. Batholomew, and press cuttings of Robert Coleman's articles on Pentridge Gaol, in the Herald (Melbourne) in July 1964.

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