Show AN intelligent suggestion I 1 FOR CRIME 1 THE illinois for criminal ja justice believes the effort to prevent crame eby 1 crime by sporadic crusades for law en will not bear any lasting results I 1 i the association recommends that a I 1 research 11 and statistical organization be i formed which would act both as a tact fact finding body and a 3 yardstick ard stick for I 1 ing tile efficiency of our agencies of law enforcement I 1 this Is good advice too many crime reformers hat haic e gone off at half cock and lune hae only added to the complexity of the problem the country seems to be flooded with alth seers each with his pet panacea for the ills a of f society As a matter of fact our laws and administration of justice are so embroiled in red tape and technicalities that nobody knows what hat it Is all about every ear thousands of new statutes go on the books every year the criminal seems to grow more successful and safe our record in band handling 11 ng crime apparently ini im in inverse ratio to our burden of laws lans we need simpler and better laws we need less technical jurisprudence and more common sense and we need such an organization as the illinois asso association e I 1 it advocates w which litch can bring a scie fic kno knowledge Medge and viewpoint to the war against the underworld orld Oth otherwise ernise we must be as we are at present a bolce co ing in the wilderness |