CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CRIME DETERRENCE

• NCJ Number: 37281
• Author(s): J H BRICKLEY; R E PICKUP; E C BROWNE; P G TANNIAN; W L CAHALAN; S HOFFIUS; P JOHNSON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 42 pages
• Corporate Author: Citizens Research Council of Michigan
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SYNOPSES OF TEN SPEECHES IN WHICH LEADING PARTICIPANTS IN THE MICHIGAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ADDRESS THE QUESTION: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO DETER CRIME?

Abstract

THIS SYMPOSIUM WAS PROMPTED BY RESEARCH WHICH INDICATED THAT PERSONS WHO COMMIT SERIOUS CRIMES IN MICHIGAN ARE NOT VERY LIKELY TO BE APPREHENDED, CONVICTED, OR PUNISHED. PORTIONS OF THIS SYMPOSIUM BACKGROUND PAPER (NCJ-37282) SETTING FORTH THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS OPERATIONS ARE INCLUDED ALONG WITH REMARKS ON WHAT THE POLICE, PROSECUTORS, COURTS, CORRECTIONS SYSTEM, BAR, AND LEGISLATURE CAN EACH DO TO DETER CRIME.