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Crime grime Comission Co miss ion Warns Increased Crime in Future WASHINGTON AP The Presidents President's s crime commission issued its final report Saturday night night and and accompanied it with witha a warning that the nation can expect increasing amounts of i reported crime for the next sev several eral Brat years years The warning came from Un Un- Undersecretary Undersecretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach chairman of the commission who said New and more effective measures of crime prevention and control are urgently needed In its final report the Presidents President's dents dent's s Commission on Law En En- Enforcement Enforcement and Administration of Justice issued an urgent plea for the establishment of a Na Na- National National National Criminal Justice Statis Statis- Statistics Statistics Statistics tics Center as an effective beginning in the fight against crime crime The commission found present statistics inadequate and often misleading Without the kind of ot information mat can only be obtained through such a cen cen- center center center ter the commission said the country is is doomed to continue its fight against crime crime without really knowing its enemy The commission calls Negro ghetto such riots riots such as the five day Watts eruption in 1965 a 1965 a acry cry for f r help to eliminate the i deprivations of ghetto life James James' commis commission commission commission sion executive director said ata at ata ata a briefing for newsmen on the thc final report that the whole movement to do do something about bout crime is hanging in the balance on the Johnson administrations administration's admin admin- proposed legislation referred to the law enforcement and nd criminal jus jus jus- justice tice bill bi which before House Republicans forced a change in inthe inthe inthe the name was the safe streets and crime control bill It would provide p vid 50 million n the first year year for grants rants rants' to to cities and states to to help improve crime controL Katzenbach in a statement that accompanied the report ticks off ff these reasons as ac ac- accounting accounting accounting counting in in part for the increasing ing volume and rate of crime crimeA A A much larger percentage of the population is in its teens and early twenties the high high- risk ages for involvement m in crime Greatly increased concen concen- concentration concentration of our population in the II cities where crime rates have usually beer been highest The The growing sense of dep dep- deprivation deprivation deprivation and frustration of seg seg- segregated segregated segregated minority group mem mem- members members members bers who are keenly aware of the opportunities of an affluent society but are denied access to them Part of the increase in reported re re- reported reported ported crime is also due to the fact that the system of crime reporting w is' is i steadily improving ing The final report is the ninth of ofa a series of task force reports on 00 specialized problems of crime All had hd been summarized when the commission made public its over over all all report last February The crime commission goes out of business June 30 By then it will have been in operation two years and will have pub pub- publish publish lish two million words Its Ita to ton total t tal tel operating costs are estimated ed at more than 2 million
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1967-06-25 |
| Description | 59th Year, No. 237 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-06-25 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1967-06-25 Crime Comission Warns Increased Crime in Future |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-06-25 |
| Type | article |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Is part of Columbia Missourian Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Item.Transcript | Crime grime Comission Co miss ion Warns Increased Crime in Future WASHINGTON AP The Presidents President's s crime commission issued its final report Saturday night night and and accompanied it with witha a warning that the nation can expect increasing amounts of i reported crime for the next sev several eral Brat years years The warning came from Un Un- Undersecretary Undersecretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach chairman of the commission who said New and more effective measures of crime prevention and control are urgently needed In its final report the Presidents President's dents dent's s Commission on Law En En- Enforcement Enforcement and Administration of Justice issued an urgent plea for the establishment of a Na Na- National National National Criminal Justice Statis Statis- Statistics Statistics Statistics tics Center as an effective beginning in the fight against crime crime The commission found present statistics inadequate and often misleading Without the kind of ot information mat can only be obtained through such a cen cen- center center center ter the commission said the country is is doomed to continue its fight against crime crime without really knowing its enemy The commission calls Negro ghetto such riots riots such as the five day Watts eruption in 1965 a 1965 a acry cry for f r help to eliminate the i deprivations of ghetto life James James' commis commission commission commission sion executive director said ata at ata ata a briefing for newsmen on the thc final report that the whole movement to do do something about bout crime is hanging in the balance on the Johnson administrations administration's admin admin- proposed legislation referred to the law enforcement and nd criminal jus jus jus- justice tice bill bi which before House Republicans forced a change in inthe inthe inthe the name was the safe streets and crime control bill It would provide p vid 50 million n the first year year for grants rants rants' to to cities and states to to help improve crime controL Katzenbach in a statement that accompanied the report ticks off ff these reasons as ac ac- accounting accounting accounting counting in in part for the increasing ing volume and rate of crime crimeA A A much larger percentage of the population is in its teens and early twenties the high high- risk ages for involvement m in crime Greatly increased concen concen- concentration concentration of our population in the II cities where crime rates have usually beer been highest The The growing sense of dep dep- deprivation deprivation deprivation and frustration of seg seg- segregated segregated segregated minority group mem mem- members members members bers who are keenly aware of the opportunities of an affluent society but are denied access to them Part of the increase in reported re re- reported reported ported crime is also due to the fact that the system of crime reporting w is' is i steadily improving ing The final report is the ninth of ofa a series of task force reports on 00 specialized problems of crime All had hd been summarized when the commission made public its over over all all report last February The crime commission goes out of business June 30 By then it will have been in operation two years and will have pub pub- publish publish lish two million words Its Ita to ton total t tal tel operating costs are estimated ed at more than 2 million |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
