ERAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND
CAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

TWI

CAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

CRIMINAL LAWS AND PROCEDURES

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 28 and S. 3216

PART II

CAREER CRIMINALS

SEPTEMBER 27, 1978

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1978

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STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

MARK H. GITENSTEIN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

CONTENTS

held on:

t I.-Restructuring the Law Enforcement Assistance Administraon August 16, 1978

gust 23, 1978

Page

mes, J. Robert, Assistant Administrator, Law Enforcement ssistance Administration..........

s, Harl, district attorney for Multnomah County, Portland, Oreg hilton, William A., president, Institute for Law and Social Rearch.

ey, James F., prosecuting attorney, Marion, Ind....
ison, Hon. Édward W., a U.S. Representative from the 29th
strict of New York....

-rt, Earl J., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia..

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e, Carol S., district attorney, Harris County, Houston, Tex_-_x, Charles R., attorney, Washington, D.C.

t submitted for the record by

strong, David L., Commonwealth's attorney, letter of October
1977, with transmittal letter from Senator Mathias_.
sen, Hon. Lloyd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas-

er, Andrew L., State's attorney, Montgomery County, Rockville,

, Neal, executive director, Institute for Legislative Action,
tional Rifle Association of America, on S. 3216.
ias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of
aryland____.

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-r criminal program in Maryland___

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eer Criminal Prosecution: An Idea Whose Time has Come," -n Petersilia..........

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s of certain defendants compiled by the U.S. Attorney's Office the District of Columbia..

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inal Careers of Habitual Felons," National Institute of Law forcement and Criminal Justice, LEAA, Department of Justice. background materials for the career criminal program __ datory Prison Sentences: Their Projected Effects on Crime Prison Populations," Joan Petersilia and Peter W. Greenwood_ )_Prison Experience of Career Criminals: Current Practice Future Consideration," Paul Honig.......

O Rand Habitual Offender Project: A Summary of Research dings to Date," March 1978____