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Diversity in Criminology

Diversity in Criminology MESSAGE lP RES IDE NT'S t our most recent Annual Meeting in Perth, I referred to Australian and New A Zealand Criminology as "a mansion with many rooms". And indeed it is. We count among our colleagues Theorists and Practitioners; Idealists and Pragmatists; Advocates and Analysts; Apologists and Critics; 'Pure' and Applied researchers; Quantifiers, and those whom, for want of a better term, one might describe as 'Poets'. This diversity is worth celebrating, not lamenting. But here, as is often the case in collectivities generally, diversity is accompanied by rivalry. And when such rivalry is accompanied by recrimination, this is lamentable. Since I first joined our Society a quarter century ago, many new markets for Australasian criminological knowledge have emerged. Fellow scholars have been joined by vast numbers of students, the private sector, international NGOs, police and other agencies of the criminal justice system, as well as government Ministers, in taking an interest in our work. Among those who now seek our products, some not long ago ignored us; others held us in contempt or ridicule (Grey, 1987). We should be relieved that times have changed, and our credibility is now firmly established. Indeed, our work is now actively http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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SAGE
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0004-8658
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1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/000486580003300101
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Abstract

MESSAGE lP RES IDE NT'S t our most recent Annual Meeting in Perth, I referred to Australian and New A Zealand Criminology as "a mansion with many rooms". And indeed it is. We count among our colleagues Theorists and Practitioners; Idealists and Pragmatists; Advocates and Analysts; Apologists and Critics; 'Pure' and Applied researchers; Quantifiers, and those whom, for want of a better term, one might describe as 'Poets'. This diversity is worth celebrating, not lamenting. But here, as is often the case in collectivities generally, diversity is accompanied by rivalry. And when such rivalry is accompanied by recrimination, this is lamentable. Since I first joined our Society a quarter century ago, many new markets for Australasian criminological knowledge have emerged. Fellow scholars have been joined by vast numbers of students, the private sector, international NGOs, police and other agencies of the criminal justice system, as well as government Ministers, in taking an interest in our work. Among those who now seek our products, some not long ago ignored us; others held us in contempt or ridicule (Grey, 1987). We should be relieved that times have changed, and our credibility is now firmly established. Indeed, our work is now actively

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Apr 1, 2000

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