NCJ Number
45229
Editor(s)
R POUND,
F FRANKFURTER,
R FOSDICK,
R H SMITH,
H B EHRMANN,
A BETTMAN,
H F BURNS
Date Published
1968
Length
756 pages
Annotation
A 1922 INQUIRY INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CLEVELAND PROVIDES AN ACCOUNT OF ITS FUNCTIONING AND DISCLOSES ITS DEFECTS.
Abstract
THE STUDY ADDRESSED POLICE ADMINISTRATION, PROSECUTION, CRIMINAL COURTS, CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL SCIENCE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL EDUCATION IN CLEVELAND, NEWSPAPERS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN CITY. THE MOST OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CLEVELAND WERE SEEN IN THE PRACTICAL BREAKDOWN OF CRIMINAL MACHINERY. IT IS NOTED THAT CAUSES FOR THIS CONDITION ARE ROOTED IN MODERN INDUSTRIALISM AND STANDARDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE STUDY IS SUPPLEMENTED BY TABLES, DIAGRAMS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS. APPENDIXES INCLUDE SUPPORTING MATERIALS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.