NCJ Number
73017
Date Published
1979
Length
946 pages
Annotation
Written testimony on the reform of the Federal criminal laws in S. 1722 and S. 1723 is presented, along with supplementary information and the complete text of each bill.
Abstract
The bills involve a recodification of Federal law so as to eliminate duplication, contradictions, and confusions in Federal criminal law and provide a structure for sentencing that will diminish disparity. Testimony is provided by legislators, members of the executive branch, legal academicians, and representatives of various legal organizations and private sector interest. These statements treat the bills' indifference to the social dangers of pornography, the impact of the bills on corporate crime and sentencing policy, the bills' effects on the growing crime of counterfeiting popular consumer products, and the bills' likely impact on organized crime. Studies are reported on the costs of crime and crime control, using the methods and empirical results of recent economic research, and on a method for comparing the imprisonment rates across countries. Written questions from committee members absent during oral testimony are included, along with the written answers provided by witnesses.