Crime

This article contains little statistical material relative to crime and its treatment in 1927. It deals rather with evidences of tendencies in this field as indicated in this year. (1) Developments in the field of statistics of crime and criminals include the movement for uniform police statistics, now under way; the studies of the statistics of criminal courts by the New York State Crime Commission, by the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice, by the Harvard Survey on Crime and Law in Boston, by the Cincinnati Bureau of Municipal Research, and by the newly formed Pennsylvania Crime Commision; the federal census statistics of prisoners in 1926; and the legislative efforts in this special field. (2) Crime commissions are briefly reviewed with respect to chronology, aims, and achievements. (3) Reports of crime commisions published in 1927 are summarized, namely those of New York State, California, and Minnesota. The legislation following these reports is mentioned. (4) Progress in probation is shown. (5) The research survey of the Social Science Research Council is noted.