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Gordon Hawkins (1919–2004) / Norval Morris (1923–2004)

Gordon Hawkins (1919–2004) / Norval Morris (1923–2004) OBITUARIES Gordon Hawkins (1919–2004) ordon Hawkins, icon of Australian criminology, Gdied in Manly, New South Wales, on February 29, 2004. He was 84. After serving from 1939 to 1945 with the 1st Assam Rifles in India and Burma, Hawkins returned to postwar Britain and gained a philosophy degree with distinction from the University of Wales. Doctoral studies at Balliol were cut short by the necessity to earn enough to support a growing family, and he joined the British Prison Service as an assistant governor. In 1960, Professor Ken photo by Michal Zimring Shatwell, Dean of Law at Sydney University, talent- spotted him at a prisons conference. Shatwell was keen to establish an Institute of Criminology within the Law School, and offered Hawkins a foundation senior lectureship. From 1961 until his retirement in 1984, Hawkins was the leading figure among an impressive group of luminaries at the Institute, serving as Director for many years. After his retirement, he continued to hold the position of Senior Fellow at the Earl Warren Legal Research Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, working there intermittently with Frank Zimring. Hawkins’s first book, The honest politician’s guide to crime control, coauthored with Norval Morris, was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Gordon Hawkins (1919–2004) / Norval Morris (1923–2004)

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OBITUARIES Gordon Hawkins (1919–2004) ordon Hawkins, icon of Australian criminology, Gdied in Manly, New South Wales, on February 29, 2004. He was 84. After serving from 1939 to 1945 with the 1st Assam Rifles in India and Burma, Hawkins returned to postwar Britain and gained a philosophy degree with distinction from the University of Wales. Doctoral studies at Balliol were cut short by the necessity to earn enough to support a growing family, and he joined the British Prison Service as an assistant governor. In 1960, Professor Ken photo by Michal Zimring Shatwell, Dean of Law at Sydney University, talent- spotted him at a prisons conference. Shatwell was keen to establish an Institute of Criminology within the Law School, and offered Hawkins a foundation senior lectureship. From 1961 until his retirement in 1984, Hawkins was the leading figure among an impressive group of luminaries at the Institute, serving as Director for many years. After his retirement, he continued to hold the position of Senior Fellow at the Earl Warren Legal Research Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, working there intermittently with Frank Zimring. Hawkins’s first book, The honest politician’s guide to crime control, coauthored with Norval Morris, was

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Dec 1, 2004

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