G. Randall 1 AN IMAGINABLE MODERNISTIC & TOPICAL AUSTRALIAN DIALOGUE BETWEEN BECCARIA, LOMBROSO AND DURKHEIM AND THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE PROBLEM OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AND THE ESCALATING RATES OF IMPRISONMENT AT THE END OF THE 20 TH CENTURY AND BEGINNING OF THE 21 ST CENTURY. It was after midnight before all the guests at the barbeque had departed. Surprisingly Becarria, Lombroso and Durkheim were the last left sitting beside the fading embers of the fire. Lombroso:- One more for the road fella’s? Durkheim:- Why not? Becarria:- Yeah sure! Sipping on their umpteenth tinny their thoughts and lips flowed easily into an interesting conversation/debate over the current problems and relationships of crime, punishment and imprisonment, from their individual and collective perspective. Becarria (curiosity caused him to open the conversation):- Lombroso, didn’t your principle of determinism help develop the Positivist School of Criminology where scientific research and experimentation gave an explanation for criminal behaviour?