NCJ Number
81099
Date Published
1968
Length
229 pages
Annotation
This final committee report to the Governor of Missouri recognizes that the State has a serious and increasing problem with delinquency and crime control. The report focuses on police administration, juvenile offenders, jails, misdemeanant courts, probation and parole, and adult correctional institutions.
Abstract
Recommendations for police reorganization include integration of units for training, riot control, a records depot, and a crime laboratory within the two major urban departments. Additional recommendations are adoption of the 911 emergency number, a mandatory statewide police training system, encouragement of academic training, higher salaries, flexibility of recruitment requirements, and a police cadet program. Regarding jails, the committee recommends adoption of minimum standards, a jail inspection service, regional jails with treatment programs, closing 50 inadequate facilities, release on recognizance, and training for inmates. Misdemeanant courts need a uniform method of court recordkeeping, an orientation and training program for judges, services from the State Board of Probation and Parole, and authority to release defendants on recognizance. Correctional reform should begin with a new maximum security facility, followed by review of statutes governing correctional institutions, expanded personnel training, higher salaries, vocational and industrial training for inmates, prisoner exchange with contiguous States, and coordination of State institutions with the major metropolitan areas. Improvements for probation and parole should come through enlargement of the State board, increases in staff and salaries, a prerelease center, membership in the Interstate Compact on Detainers, and a systematic review of the substantive criminal laws of Missouri. Tabular data, graphs, maps, and charts are provided.