LOCAL 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

35-690

SEPTEMBER 27, 1978

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1978

75 255ST 24421

XL

06/96 53-005-00 GBC

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

MARK H. GITENSTEIN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

CONTENTS

Hearings held on:

Part I.-Restructuring the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration August 16, 1978

August 23, 1978

Part II.-Coreer Criminals

September 27, 1978_

Text of:

S. 28.

S. 3216_

Statement of:

Grimes, J. Robert, Assistant Administrator, Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration___.

Haas, Harl, district attorney for Multnomah County, Portland, Oreg-
Hamilton, William A., president, Institute for Law and Social Re-

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Kelley, James F., prosecuting attorney, Marion, Ind...
Pattison, Hon. Edward W., a U.S. Representative from the 29th
District of New York....-

Silbert, Earl J., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Sonner, Andrew L., State's attorney, Montgomery County, Rockville,
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Vance, Carol S., district attorney, Harris County, Houston, Tex----
Work, Charles R., attorney, Washington, D.C..

Statement submitted for the record by

Armstrong, David L., Commonwealth's attorney, letter of October
20, 1977, with transmittal letter from Senator Mathias_.
Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas__.
Knox, Neal, executive director, Institute for Legislative Action,
National Rifle Association of America, on S. 3216--
Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of
Maryland..

Exhibits:

Career criminal program in Maryland...

80

"Career Criminal Prosecution: An Idea Whose Time has Come," Joan Petersilia...

163

Charts of certain defendants compiled by the U.S. Attorney's Office
for the District of Columbia__

38

"Criminal Careers of Habitual Felons," National Institute of Law
Enforcement and Criminal Justice, LEAA, Department of Justice.
Legal background materials for the career criminal program_
"Mandatory Prison Sentences: Their Projected Effects on Crime
and Prison Populations," Joan Petersilia and Peter W. Greenwood.
"(The) Prison Experience of Career Criminals: Current Practice
and Future Consideration,” Paul Honig---
"(The) Rand Habitual Offender Project: A Summary of Research
Findings to Date," March 1978__.