ICOPA XI linked with the ANZSOC criminology conference over 7-9th of February 2006 in Tasmania. They held four plenary sessions around the theme of Human Rights:
State Crime and Human Rights
Terrorism, Racism and Human Rights
more information :
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink\bocsar\bocsar.nsf/pages/index
ICOPA XI - VAN DIEMAN'S LAND 2006! Tasmania is an ideal place to discuss punishment. It used to be called Van Dieman's Land, and was the place where most of the original convicts were sent from England from 1788 until the 1850's. It was the ultimate as a penal colony, was almost entirely a prison, and changed its name to avoid the historic shame. It had penal settlements where convicts were tortured - all well documented. And the convict responses are very special learning experiences, still valid today.
Robert Hughes "The Fatal Shore"
ISBN 0 099 45915 9
- well worth the read.
