Combatting Violent Crime: 24 Recommendations to Strengthen Criminal Justice

摘要

The primary challenge for the 1990s is to work with state and local lawenforcement to help them identify, prosecute and incapacitate chronic violent offenders. The recommendations are divided into six groups: establishing pretrial detention; providing for effective deterrence and punishment of adult offenders; providing for effective deterrence and punishment of juvenile offenders; providing efficient trial, appeal and collateral attack procedures; providing for effective prevention and detection of crime; and providing adequate protection for victims' rights.