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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. $00996. 00. 000850 ACCESSION NUMBER: ~21~21996. 12I~21. ~3(1~21:=:5~3 TITLE: MISSOURI - GOVERNOR~S CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON This microfiche was produced from documents received for DELINQUENCY AND CRIME. REPORT inclusion in the NCJRS data base. Since NCJRS cannot lIe'rcise I":'UEH•. I CAT I 01",1 DATE: ~ f'1l.JTHOF.: (~:.::' : control over the physical condition of the documents submitted, NUt'1ElEF.: OF PRGES: the individual frame quality will vary. The resolution chart on I SSU I t-J13 l:::n3ENC'r': MISSOURI - GOV CITIZENS COM ON DELINQUENCY & CRIME SPONSORING AGENCY: LEAA this frame may be used to evaluate the document quality. GI-":ANT/CONTF.:FICT: 2121[1 '1 Sl.J8,JECT",·'CON·fFNT : RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CRIME DETERRENCE AND PREVENTION JUVENILE DELINQUENTS COURT OF LIMITED JURISDICTION 1.0 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CF.: I t'l I NAL ,JU;::T I CE POL I CE FICADEt'1'r' CF.: I 1"1 I NFIL F.:ECOF.:DS 1.1 RIOT CONTROL PRINCIPLES - COUF.:T F.:ECOF.:DS - PROBATION AND PAROLE AGENCIES t'1ISSOURI m'JI'-JOTI=rT I ON : 111111.25 111111.4 111111.6 MISSOURI HAS A SERIOUS AND INCREASING PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROL OF DELINQUENCY AND CRIME. AE:Sn;:I::n::T : REAL PROGRESS IN MEETING THIS PROBLEM CAN BE ACHIEVED BY IMMEDIATE ACTION TO BUILD THE SYSTEM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE INTO MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART AN EFFECTIVE FORCE. HIGH PRIORITY MUST BE GIVEN TO THIS EFFORT BY NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS-J963-A GO'.,.'EF.:t·,lf"o1ENT FIT fiLL LEI,,o'ELS., BIT' PF.: I ","ATE ENTEF.:PF.: I SE AND Blr' I t'JD I '"~,I I DUAL CITIZENS. WORK MUST BE DONE TO PREVENT THE CYCLE OF REPEATED AND PROGRESSIVELY MORE SERIOUS DELINQUENT AND CRIMINFiL ACTS WHICH BEGIN WITH AN I N[:I I '"~,I I DUFiL ..' S F I F.:ST E;:-::PER I ENCE ~'J I TH THE ,JUST I CE S'r'STEt'1. REL I ABLE C:'ATA Microfilminl procedu~es used to create. this fiche comply with ABOUT DELINQUENCY AND CRIME ARE INADEQUATE FOR PLANNING. PROGRAMMING OR BUDGETING PURPOSE~ SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WILL the standards set forth in 41CFR 101·11.504 REQUIRE THE EXPENDITURE OF SUBSTANTIAL SUMS. THE INADEQUACIES OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM EXACT A FAR GREATER COST IN DOLLARS IN THE SUFFERINGS EXPERIEN(;ED BY THE VICTIMS OF CRIME. AND IN THE WASTED LIVES OF THOSE WHO Points of view or OPinions stated in this docum:nt are ARE NEVER SUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED FROM THE SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) those of the authorls) and do not represent the official pOSition or poliCies ,of the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20531 , D ate f i I m e· dl{ 5/30/75 j r " ! ! . ! ,[ ! .:; REPORT Of .THE GOVERNOR'S ~ ! f ! i ,; 1 'CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON j, DELINQUENCY AND CRIME I r " i i I ,t I j ,1; ", j <,~ r ~'. 1 ! ! ", j ~ I ,,'" STATE OF MISSOURI Ii . 0' ') ] 'i , i~ DECEMBER" 1968 ",1/ 'j~ . ; "~~~'~:; 'j"}".' "" ',' '1 ;t , ' ~\, " ') . ... ,,,,.. " , - .7'l.~~f,~ ,..... ".,~ •• _>... "'-.~~"" <•• ,. ~~=~f,:> CONTENTS Exhibit Number Page Page 10. Probation and parole caseloads 74 Membership of the Committee 5 11. Caseload and revocation rates in Missouri 75 L~tter of Transmittal and Introduction 7 12. St. Louis Circuit Court Probation rate 76 Resume of the Committee's Report and Recommendations 13 13. The Juvenile Offender Survey Outline 77 Schematic Chart of the Missouri Criminal Justice System 20 14. December 1, 1967 Interim Report of Governor's Citizens Committee on Delinquency and Crime 79 section A POLICE 23 15. Proposed Law Enforcement Standards and Section B JAILS 37 Assistance Act for Missouri 85 Section C MISDEMEANANT COURTS 41 16. "The Jails of Missouri", A report for the Governor's Citizens Committee on Delinquency Section D ADULT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 45 and Crime 95 Section E PROBATION AND PAROLE 53 17. Missouri Misdemeanant Court Survey, 1967 145 Section F JUVENILE OFFENDERS 59 18. Department of Corrections Status Report, February 20, 1967 177 APPENDICES , , , 19. Statjstica1 analysis of Department of Page Corrections receptions: July 1, 1965 - June 30, 1966 189 Exhibit Number 20. Proposal for a new maximum security prison 191 1. Partial Local and State Expenditures for Administration of Justice for Missouri 21. Department of Corrections description of 1966-1967 65 organization and institutions 197 2. Crime Rate per 100,000 population 66 22. Report of State Board of Probation and Parole, March 1, 1967 207 3. Rate of crimes against property and persons 67 4. Felony convictions 1964-1967 Misdemeanor Cases filed in 16 counties in 1967 68 5. Adult prisoners in Missouri Correctional Institutions 69 6. Year end population of Missouri Adult Institutions 70 7. Rate of prisoners confined per 100,000 civilian population 71 8. Annual adult institution population per 100,000 72 9. Probation and parole caseload rate and average monthly population in adult institutions 73 1 3 r "t. ~ i GOVERNOR'S CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON DELINQUENCY AND CRIME r· t ! t r CHAIRMAN I GOVERNOR'S CITIZENS COMMITTEE ~., ' p Lt. Governor Thomas F. Eagleton 1; St. Louis, Missouri ON DELINQUENCY AND CRIME ~ .. ~ f.' CO-CHAIRMAN l': r Isaac Gurman l' 1 ExecutivG Director Emeritus j' i December 13, 1968 ~ I· St. Louis Bureau for Men '1 CHAIRMAN Address: t: . Lt. Governor Thomas F. Eagleton /. j, St. Louis, Missouri BUREAU FOR MEN CO-CHAIRMAN 1722 OLIVE Isaac Gurman ST. LOUIS, MO. 63103 MEMBERS TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Executive Direttor Emeritus Bureau for Men Governor Warren E. Hearnes 314 - MAin 1-2564 MEMBERS Capi·tol Building Norman H. Anderson . Norman H. Anderson Charles Mann, Chairman Ally. Gen., Jefferson City Jefferson City, Missouri Attorney General Executive Director George L. Atkeson, Pres., Jefferson City, Missouri Westport Bank, Kansas City st. Louis Bureau For Men Clyde Burch, Prof. of Government 'Dear Governor Hearnes: State Teachers College st. Louis, Missouri Kirksville George L. Atkeson Clifton W. Gates Pres.-Gateway National Bank We are pleased to submit to you herewith the President, westport Bank J. Gorden Crowe SI. Louis Jack E. Himmelberger Kansas City, Missouri Office of St ate and Pre •• -Himmelberger Morrison Mfg. Co., Cape Girardeau final report of the Governor's Citizens Committee Regional Planning Mrs. Earl W. Long Clyde Burch Jefferson City, Missouri School Teacher, Joplin Arthur Mag on Delinquency and Crime; which was commissioned State Teachers College Allorney, Kansas City J. Wesley McAfee Kirksville', Missouri Louis W. McHardy Chairman of the Board Union Electric, St. Louis by you on December 19, 1966 to conduct studies Administrator-Juvenile Court Francis Smith Mrs. Lillian cantrell St. Louis, Missouri Attorney, St. Joseph Clarence O. Woolsey directed toward the reduction of delinquency and Overland, Missouri Attorney, SpringfIeld Scali O. Wright James Reefer Attorney, Columbia crime in Missouri. Clifton W. Gates Director, Community Services 'TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Charles Mann, Chairman President Department, Executive Director Bureau for Men The Committee immediately recognized that, in Gateway National Bank Kansas city, Missouri J. Gorden Crowe st. Louis, Missouri Office of State and Regional Planning, Jefferson City view of its limited tenure to January, 1969, it would Louis McHardy Walter sartorius Director of Juvenile Court Services Jack E. Himmelberger Chairman, Board of St. Louis Jomes Roefer be necessary to limit its activity to several areas President, Himmelberger Probation and Parole Director .- City Welfaro Morrison Manufacturing Co. Departm''"t, Kansas City Jefferson City, Missouri Walter Sal'torius of the criminal justice system. This was done with Chairman - Board of Probation Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Palole, Jefferson City Wendell Sears Wendell Sears Director - Board of Training complete awareness that attention to other important Mrs. Earl Long Director, Board of State Schools, Jefferson City Fred Wilkinson Joplin, Missouri Training Schools Director of Corrections areas of this system is required at the earliest Jef::erson City, Missouri Jefferscn City Mr. Arthur Mag practicable time. , Attorney Fred T. Wilkinson Kansas City, Missouri Director, Department of The Committee decided to concern itself with Corrections J. Wesley McAfee Jefferson City, Missouri police administration, the juvenile offender, jails, Union Electric Co. st. Louis, Missouri Mickey Owen misdemeanant courts, probation and parole and adult Sheriff - Greene County Francis Smith, Attorney Springfield, Missouri correctional institutions. These areas comprise suffici- St. Joseph, Missouri Colonel Curtis Brostron ently broad, strategic and essential phases of the Clarence o. Woolsey, Attorney Chief of Police Springfield, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri justice system to provide a major determination of Scott o. Wright, Attorney Columbia, Missouri 5 7 Missouri's resources, needs and goals. domestic problem in the minds of the citizens of this state Public hearings were held in St. Louis on November 13 and and this country. It should be first in priority of effort ·, 14, 1967 and in Kansas City on J anuary 25 and 26, 1968. The and support, financial and in other ways. This is not now the hearings were a valuable means of l' , e ~c~ting concerns, problems case. and recommendations from informe~ f ' 1 We cannot wait for the quality of life in Missouri to be u pro ess~ona and lay citizens. The hearings also provided the Committee an opportunity to improved to the optimum level that many believe is the answer to inform the public of its ccncerns, activities and plans. delinquency and crime. There are many good reasons for social re- form, but no precise statistical evidence of the extent of its The work of the Committee was supported by substantial con- tributions of staff time and facilities from the St.