Although the colonial authorities in Uganda used anthropological survey, case, field, and descriptive studies for planning and administrative purposes, criminological analysis was neglected, partially because there were few criminologists. The only social research of direct criminological relevance was conducted toward the end of the colonial era by Tanner, a foreigner. He constructed a typology of inmate adaptation to an African prison. Among the new, prominent foreign researchers are the United Nations teams of experts and Clinard and Abbott, whose work in Uganda centers on the growing problems of adult and juvenile crime (in the late 1960's). Work by Ugandan criminologists also began to emerge, sometimes in collaboration with non-Ugandans. Criminological research preceded by almost a decade the organization of instruction in criminology and helped provide a perspective for theoretical courses. Criminology as taught in Makerere University is suited to graduate study more than a basic curriculum. Twenty-seven notes and 11 annotated bibliographic entries are provided.