The First U. N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

Professor Manuel Lopez-Rey is Chief of the U. N. Section of Social Defense. His career includes professorships in the Universities of Madrid, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentine, Uruguay and La Paz. He was Director General of the Spanish Ministry of Justice in 1936 and Minister Plenipotentiary to Bucharest, 1937 to 1939. He has been delegate or legal adviser to many international conferences and seminars, including the U. N. Seminar on the Institutional Treatment of Juvenile Offenders in 1954. His most recent publications (in English) are "International Cooperation by the U. N. in the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders" (1953), and "Considerations on the Institutional Treatment of Juvenile Offenders" (1954). His latest publication in this journal is in Volume 46 at p. 605 ff. (January-February, 1956) on the subject, "Pedro Dorado Montero"-one of the units of our "Pioneers in Criminology" series.-EDITOR.