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Abstract
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Developments in the field of statistics of crime and criminals.
-Figures issued by the U.S. Bureau of the Census show an increase of 7 per cent in the number of admissions to prisons in 26 states in 1927 over 1926, and an increase of 8 per cent in the population of prisons January I, 1928, over January I, 1927. Further statistical studies of the operation of criminal courts in New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee reveal tendencies a already noted in earlier surveys. The basic studies for a system of police statistics are making headway. New York State improved its system of collecting statistics of crimes and criminal justice. Crime Commissions.
-In New York and Pennsylvania the commissions appointed by the legislatures were active in study of the conditions accompanying crime. The Illinois Association for Criminal Justice has practically completed its survey. Probation.-Slow but noticeable progress is being made in the fields of federal and state probation systems. |