Abstract

following is the general report for Sociology as presented at the Second International Congress of Criminology in Paris, September 12, 1950. author is professor and chairman of the Department of Sociology in the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1929 he has been editor of the ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. Since January, 1950, he has been absent on leave in Berne, Switzerland, while serving as Secretary General of the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission. During many years he was consultant in criminal statistics to the Bureau of the Census. From 1927 to 1937 he was Associate Editor of this JOURNAL in charge of the Book Review Section. He continues as a member of our Advisory Editorial Council. Professor Sellin's latest contribution to our pages is in Volume 40, Number 6 (March-April 1950) under the title: The Uniform Criminal Statistics Act.-EDITOR.

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