2006 IPRT Annual Lecture with Thomas Mathiesen - NOTE: CANCELLED

dublin | crime and justice | event notice Thursday May 04, 2006 17:07 by Rick Lines, Executive Director - Irish Penal Reform Trust info at iprt dot ie 53 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 01 874 1400

Prof. Mathiesen will speak on the topic "10 Reasons for Not Building More Prisons"

The IPRT is pleased to announce our guest for the 2006 Annual Lecture will be the acclaimed criminolgist and prisoners' rights advocate Thomas Mathiesen, who will speak on the topic "10 reasons for not building more prisons"

note from IPRT
CANCELLED

Due to the sudden illness of Prof, Mathiesen, the 2006 IPRT Annual Lecture scheduled for 25 May has been cancelled. We will seek to reschedule the event later in the year.

Prof. Thomas Mathiesen will speak at the IPRT Annual Lecture

The IPRT is pleased to announce that our 2006 Annual Lecture will be delivered by Thomas Mathiesen, speaking on the topic "10 reasons for not building more prisons".

Thomas Mathiesen is Professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo and has written extensively on prisons, criminology, law, mass media and social control. His widely acclaimed works include Prison On Trial (1990, Third Edition 2006), The Defences of the Weak (1965), The Politics of Abolition (1974), Law, Society and Political Action (1980) and Silently Silenced: Essays on the Creation of Aquiensence in Modern Society (First English Edition, 2004).

In addition to his academic work, Prof. Mathiesen has taken an active part in the development of the Scandinavian prison movement. He was a founding member of KROM - The Norwegian Association for Penal Reform - and served as the organisation's Chairman from 1968 to 1973. KROM organizes prisoners, ex-prisoners and non-prisoners in penal reform work, and has served as a model for similar organizational activities in several other countries.

The IPRT Annual Lecture will be held on Thursday 25 May at 6pm. It is a free event open to both IPRT members and non-members.

The lecture will take place at 6pm at European Union House, 42 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. Admission is free,