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

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 Research..

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,
Md.

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

38

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

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STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

MARK H. GITENSTEIN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director