Reporter 12/5/99: Institute of Criminology: Notice

Institute of Criminology: Notice

In the summer of 1996 the General Board appointed a Review Committee to consider matters relating to the current and future activities of the Institute of Criminology (Reporter, 1995-96, p. 1026). The Committee reported to the General Board in December 1997; on the recommendation of the Committee, and with the concurrence of the Faculty Board of Law and of the present Committee of Management of the Institute, the General Board have agreed to revise the constitution of the Committee of Management. The regulations for the management of the Institute (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 578) have accordingly been amended as follows:

Regulation 2.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

2. The Institute shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

(a)	the Director of the Institute;
(b)	the Wolfson Professor of Criminology;
(c)	the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Law;
(d)	one person appointed by each of the following authorities: the Faculty Board of Law, the Faculty Board of Social and Political Sciences, the Board of Continuing Education, the Management Studies Syndicate, the Head of the Department of Psychiatry;
(e)	three persons elected from among their own number by the University officers in the Institute;
(f)	the Librarian of the Institute;
(g)	not more than three persons co-opted by the Committee; provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons;
(h)	two persons elected in accordance with Regulations 4 and 5 below.

Regulations 3-9.

By renumbering the regulations as 4-10, and inserting the following as Regulation 3.

3. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. An election of members in class (e) shall be held in the Michaelmas Term each year; members so elected shall serve for three years from 1 January following the election. The procedure for such an election shall be that prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote Regulations, except that the returning officer shall be the Director of the Institute or, in the absence of the Director, a duly appointed deputy, subject to the approval of the General Board. Members in class (g) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation.

Regulation 8 (previously numbered 7).

By amending the regulation so as to read:

8. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Law, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

(a)	to promote teaching and research in Criminology and the publication of the results of such research;
(b)	to co-operate with other institutions in the University in the encouragement of teaching and research in Criminology;
(c)	to supervise the work of the Institute.

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