NCJ Number
84199
Date Published
1981
Length
72 pages
Annotation
This report presents the proceedings of the 1981 Governor's Conference on Crime convened by the Hawaii governor to simulate dialogue and foster cooperation among the principal policymakers and criminal justice administrators regarding three major criminal justice issues facing the State.
Abstract
The three issues on which the conference focused were the presence of philosophical and operational conflicts between the police, the prosecutors, and the judiciary and the resulting decline in the charges, prosecutions, and incarcerations of arrested persons; the absence of clear State philosophies and practices to promote a more orderly and understandable processing of convicted persons; and the increasing incidence of violent and property crimes occurring in Hawaii's parks and beaches. Following general presentations and discussion groups, participants participated in a decisionmaking session to develop recommendations on each issue. Among resolutions were that fines levied on criminal and traffic cases be used for the training of criminal justice personnel, that the career criminal program be continued, and that a comprehensive data system be completed and expanded. Additional recommendations were that the State consider such alternatives to incarceration as a community restitution work program and that the State explore with the Federal Government the feasibility of creating regional maximum-security prisons on an interstate basis. Further resolutions were that the legislature prohibit the drinking of alcoholic beverages in all parks and that additional security be provided in selected areas of State and county parks. Future conferences to discuss crime prevention and juvenile crime were also recommended. Appendixes present the conference agenda and a list of participants.