NCJ Number
145562
Editor(s)
J A Conley
Date Published
1994
Length
175 pages
Annotation
These eight essays examine the impact of the 1967 report of President Johnson's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice on criminal justice in the United States.
Abstract
The volume is intended both as a reference work and for use in upper-level and graduate courses on criminal justice policy. Many of the chapter authors were participants in the original 1967 report. An introduction notes that the Commission departed from earlier commissions in that it focused on crime control issues rather than corruption and law observance. In addition, it was staffed mainly by social scientists rather than lawyers. The initial paper in the present volume notes that the Commission contributed significantly to the growth and development of criminology through its sponsorship of crime victim surveys, police observation studies, and other studies. Other papers examine the Commission's findings and impacts on policing, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, drug policy, and the use of technology in criminal justice. The analyses conclude that the Commission contributed a body of knowledge and new ideas, had uneven impacts, and was most successful when its recommendations focused on specific technical aspects of criminal justice. Tables, figures, chapter reference lists, and author biographies