International Society of Criminology, 1955-1969

Containers:

Box 47 (MS 2505)

Component identifier:

Series 37

Content Summary:

The International Society of Criminology was founded in Rome in 1937 to 'promote the scientific study of criminal phenomena by bringing together scholars and practitioners of all disciplines interested in such study.'

The series contains a copy of the constitution, revised and adopted at the Society's General Assembly attended by Barry in London in September 1955; correspondence, and memoranda, mostly in French, dating from 1960 until 1969 with Secretaries-General J. Pinatel and G. Fully.

Barry represented the Society as an observer at the U.N. Seminar on the Role of Police in the Protection of Human Rights', in Canberra, in May 1963. Material concerning the seminar includes correspondence with E. St John, Sir Arthur Tange and J. Robson, Sir Garfield Barwick's opening address, background and working papers, memoranda and printed material.

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