1) 23rd APCCA Conference in Hong Kong
The 23rd APCCA Conference will be hosted by Hong Kong (China) from
7—13 December 2003. The Conference venue is the BP International House, and may
be viewed at this website
www.bpih.com.hk.
2) Discussion Guide for 23rd APCCA Conference
APCCA Rapporteur Professor David Biles has prepared the Discussion Guide for the
23rd APCCA Conference to be held in December this year. Please refer
to the APCCA website at
www.apcca.org
to view this Discussion Guide.
3) Professor Biles steps down as APCCA Rapporteur
Armed with degrees in criminology, psychology, sociology and education, Professor Biles has served as Rapporteur in APCCA for the past 10 years. He is also Regional Vice Chair of Oceania for the International Prisons and Corrections Association, and Professorial Associate in Corrections in Charles Stuart University. Professor Biles has been published widely in all areas of criminology with his major work being concentrated on correctional policy and practice, deaths in custody, and private prisons. He has had an illustrious career as Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, Head of Research for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Melbourne, and an Education Officer in four different prisons.
APCCA would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Professor Biles for his contribution to APCCA in the past 10 years.