NCJ Number
35003
Editor(s)
L P BROWN
Date Published
1974
Length
61 pages
Annotation
PROMINENT BLACK JUDGES, POLICE ADMINISTRATORS, CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONERS, AND PAROLE BOARD MEMBERS SPEAK OUT ON THE INEQUITIES AND NEEDS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RELATION TO BLACK PEOPLE.
Abstract
THESE SPEECHES WERE DELIVERED PRIOR TO A QUESTION AND ANSWER WORKSHOP PERIOD. THE SPEAKERS INCLUDED BENJAMIN WARD (DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT), TILMON O'BRYANT (ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE WASHINGTON, D.C. METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT), JOHN O. BOONE (COMMISSIONER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS), LEONARD R. MCCONNELL (SENIOR MEMBER OF THE PAROLE BOARD FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN), JUDGE GEORGE CROCKETT, JR. OF THE DETROIT RECORDERS COURT, AND JUDGE HARRY T. ALEXANDER OF D.C. SUPERIOR COURT.