Assuming dictatorial power over criminal law and police procedures,
Morris and Hawkins tell it like it ought to be, ticking off
unambiguous "ukases" on the purposes, processes, and practical
operations of the criminal justice system, then defending them
piece by piece with cool, hard logic. Central to their cure is a
more compact conception of crime: "We must strip off the moralistic
excrescences" of the criminal law to "concentrate on the essential"
- namely, the protection of persons and property. This massive
reappraisal would remove from the overextended purview of the
public prosecutor such activities as drunkenness, narcotics and
drug abuse, gambling, disorderly conduct and vagrancy, abortion,
sexual behavior between consenting adults, and "juvenile
delinquency" (re behavior which would not be criminal for an
adult), thus relieving overtaxed policemen, courts, and
correctional agencies of more than half their burden (and breaking
the Underworld monopoly on a lot of lucrative business). With the
ground cleared for action along more modest and realistic lines,
the authors proceed with further bold proposals for restructuring
and reform, including, of course, an extensive upgrading of the
police role. They're big on gun control, down on capital
punishment, and think organized crime is largely a myth. A guide
with much good sense, but how many honest politicians are there,
anyway? (Kirkus Reviews)
Norval Morris and Gordon Hawkins's first premise is that our
criminal justice system is a moral busybody, unwisely extended
beyond its proper role of protecting persons and property. But they
go further and systematically cover the amount, costs, causes, and
victims of crime: the reduction of violence; the police;
corrections; juvenile delinquency; the function of psychiatry in
crime control; organized crime; and the uses of criminological
research. On each topic precise recommendations are made and
carefully defended.
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