Synthesis of Symposium (From Challenge of Crime in a Free Society: Looking Back, Looking Forward: Research Forum: Proceedings of the Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, Washington, D.C., June 19-21, 1997, P 167-178, 1998)

• NCJ Number: 171290
• Author(s): M Moore
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 12 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The President's Crime Commission of 1967 is discussed in terms of its perspective on crime and the criminal justice system, its recommendations for reform, and its impact over the last 30 years, based on presentations and discussions at a 1997 symposium that focused on the Commission's work.

Abstract

The Commission focused on two issues: (1) how to produce an effective, decent criminal justice system and (2) how to deal with crime. It believed that it was important to establish social justice as well as criminal justice.