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SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1978
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO ADVISE HONG KONG PRISONS DEPARTMENT
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DR. ROBERT 6. ANDRY, A UNITED NATIONS ADVISER ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS, HAS RECENTLY RETURNED TO HONG KONG FOR A TAC MONTH UN "ISSIC" TO ADVISE THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES I: PENAL INSTITUTIONS HERE.
HIS MISSION FOLLOWS THAT OF THREE YEARS AGC, WHEN THE PLANNING FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES I: THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT TOOK PLACE. SINCE THEN, MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, THOUGH FURTHER WORK EEDS TO BE DONE TO ESTABLISH AN EFFECTIVE SERVICE AND TO KEEP II. TOUCH WITH CURRENT WORLD-VIDE DEVELOPETS.
DR. ANDRY IS A WELL KNCAN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINOLOGIST ANT FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST WITH UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE AT PROFESSIONAL LEVEL IN CANADA, BRITAIN AND THE USA. HE HAS ALSO VERY EXTERSIVE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF CLASSIFICATION, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND ADULT CRIMINALITY, DATIRG BACK TO ORIGINAL FORENSIC WORK IN HIS NATIVE AUSTRALIA.
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL TEXT BOOKS, AND SERVES ON THE EDITORIAL BOARDS OF A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS IN THIS FIELD.
HIS WIFE, WHO WILL JOIN HIM LATER THIS MONTH, IS ALSO A CRIMINOLOGIST AND IS CURRENTLY SPECIALISING IN RESEARCH ON FEMALE CRIMINALITY.
ONE OF DR. ANDRY'S CUPRENT INTERESTS CONCERNS ALL ASPECTS OF CRIME REDUCTION, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO VIOLENT OFFENDERS.