NCJ Number
118132
Editor(s)
G J Bensinger
Date Published
1988
Length
28 pages
Annotation
Presentations from the 1986 and 1987 programs sponsored by the Illinois Academy of Criminology focus on terrorism, the meaning of the United States Constitution, the investigation of the Cook County (Ill.) judiciary, the juvenile justice system, and the difficulties women have in a male-dominated criminal justice system.
Abstract
Speakers included scholars, members of the Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, a judge, juvenile court officials, a police officer, prosecutors, and a journalist. The discussion of terrorism indicated that terrorism is a mechanism that reduces the risk of war and is not a disease. The Commission members and a judge commented on the examinations of the felony courts, the office of the public defender and State's attorney, bail reform, and judicial selection. The discussion of the juvenile justice system focused on its purpose, delays in case processing, the use of probation, and the role of the Youth Division of the Chicago Police Department. Females' experiences in criminal justice professions were discussed in terms of sexual harassment, isolation from the male-dominated network, hostility by males toward females, and ostracism of females.