Spotlight Interview

Abstract

Some experts have many valuable thoughts to offer fellow practitioners and educators in the Criminal Justice field, but little time to sit down and put them on paper. A relatively painless method of capturing these thoughts is the interview. In an hour or so, the expert can pour out information and advice garnered through years of study and experience. Therefore, the Criminal Justice Review will from time to time interview the top experts in areas where few have the luxury of taking time away from daily operations to write articles. As we begin our second year of publication, we are happy to present an interview with C. James Anderton, Esq., Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police. Chief Constable Anderton is the youngest man holding this position today in the United Kingdom. His career in the field of Criminal Justice has spanned the last 27 years. From 1950 until 1953, he served in the Corps of the Royal Military Police. From 1953 until 1967, he served as the Constable to the Chief Inspector in the Manchester City Police. From 1967 until 1968, he served as Chief Superintendent of the Cheshire Constabulary. From 1968 until 1972, he served as the Assistant Chief Constable of the Leicester and Rutland Constabulary. From 1972 until 1975, he served as Assistant to H. M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, Home Office, in London. In 1975, he served as Deputy Chief Constable of the Leicestershire Constabulary. From 1975 until 1976, he served as Deputy Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police, before becoming Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police last year at the age of 44. Chief Constable Anderton is the holder of the Certificate of Distinction in Criminology, Manchester University, 1960. In 1974, he was the United Kingdom Delegate at the European Regional Meeting of the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders at Budapest, Hungary. He is also currently a lecturer at Police College, and at Keele, Manchester and London Universities. Chief Constable Anderson was interviewed by Dr. Kenneth V. Russell, who is at the Leicester Polytechnic School of Law in Leicester, England. The following is an edited transcript of the interview.