Show UTAH CRIME STUDY comparison of the records ot of utah felons under the last five years bof ot the definite sentence law lar team acom with the records of butah utah alons under the indeterminate Ren sentence prentence tence law imprisoned from 1915 and iron from 1923 1925 shows that i felons in the utah state penitentiary served ac per cent less time under tho the present law than the former one this fact to la a result ot of a comprehensive study of the indeterminate sentence and parole law conducted by president georgo george thomas and dr adolph ladru jensen associate professor of law at the university of utah tho the study however shows that the prisoners are incarcerated and on parole for 12 per cent longer time almo under tho the present system than they were under tho definite son sen tonco tonce law and bothe BO so the state has control over convicted felons longer than formerly the only other similar survey made in tho the united states was made recently by tho the joint efforts of representatives senta tives of northwestern university the university of chicago and the university of illinois sonio some startling inconsistencies which have hava crept into the present system were brought out in the survey which included a study of tho the records of a total of 1566 1556 prisoners it was found tor for example that in five years under the indeterminate sentence law rob bery has increased one third in the number of prisoners received as compared with tva five years under the do finite sentence law yet the time actually so be ved vea by those sentenced has decreased almost one half but the final conclusion reached la is that the determinate sentence and parole system on the whole Is the bosh method yet devised for passing judgment upon convicts and bo be retained as part of the penal pye py tern tem of utah particular reference Is mado made in the report of the study to the practical operation of the indeterminate sentence and parole laws in the state of utah and also to the problem of adult probation and to the habitual criminal the change of social attitude tude from one of primitive harsh retribution trib rib t ution for the criminal to one of considerable assistance for his reform tion atlon a Is traced the advantages and disadvantages of release on parole instead of termination of sentence la is considered in detail and also the desirability of of a newer probation treatment of adult offenders and the need eed of adult probation recommendations following the study include the following that ali alie e total time spent in prison and on parole be extended in a considerable number of cases particularly tor for the crimes of robbery and criminal assault that the segregation of juvenile offenders be provided for by law and the law of 1919 providing otherwise be repealed that the sentences or habitual criminals those guilty of three or more felonies be made longor longer both as to maximum and minimum that thore there shoud bo be more criminals placed on parole before termination of sentence enre tat at present only about one third of the prisoners are placed on parole before their sentences are terminated that probation officers bo be provided and the te probation law be used more inore ex ta tf ively for adult first offenders thu thai other ariso siges ars should be rei i elut ei e d i to serve aofia definite minimum term before being eligible for parole and that there should be a car careful eaul case study made of each prisoner |