NCJ Number
30556
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 23 Issue: 12 Dated: (DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 8-11
Date Published
1975
Length
4 pages
Annotation
COMMENTS ON A PROPOSAL BY AN ASSISTANT US ATTORNEY GENERAL, JOHN M. GREACEN, TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL COMMON LAW PRACTICE OF TREATING LESS SERIOUS CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY AS TORTS INSTEAD OF CRIMES.
Abstract
ADVANTAGES OF THIS APPROACH ARE OUTLINED AND SOME CASES WHERE EXPERIMENTS WITH SOME ASPECTS OF THIS SUGGESTED REFORM HAVE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE ARE DISCUSSED.