ACROSS THE DESK

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1967.tb00702.x
• Published date: 01 August 1967
• Date: 01 August 1967
• Author: Dorothy C. Tompkins

ACROSS

THE

DESK

Dorothy

Cc

Tompkins

Institute

of

GovernmentaI

Studies

University

of

California,

Berkeley

PREJUDICIAL PUBLICITY

The first blanket ban on the release of prejudicial pre-trial publicity

by public officials

in

criminal cases has been issued by the Los Angeles

Superior Court. (Such bans previously had been issued only in specific

pending cases.) The police and sheriffs departments and

the

county

dis-

trict attorney’s office have been enjoined from revealing to the press

anything more

than

a defendant’s name, address

and

occupation; the

charge; and the time, place and agency involved in the arrest. The order

generally follows the guidelines proposed

by

an Advisory Committee of

the American Bar Association last fall.

(Civil Liberties (American Civil Liberties Union)

(245):

If,

April

1967)

(American Bar Association, Standards Relating to Fair

Trial

and

Free

Press; Recommended by the Advisory Committee on Fair

Trial and Free Press. tentative

draft)

265p

New York, Institute

of

Judicial Administration, December

1966).

0008

JAILS

IN

NORTH CAROLINA

A

preliminary study on jails in North Carolina was prepared at

the request of the North Carolina Legislative Research Commission. Part

of the study concerned jail programs in fifteen other states. Questionnaires

solicited information on state-level powers to inspect and compel com-

pliance with rules, agency development of standards, organized training,

use

of regional detention facilities, and state subsidies or other aid.

(North Carolina. University. Institute of Government,

A

Preliminary

Study

on

Juils

in

North

Carolina.

50pf

(mim) Chapel Hill, January

1967)

0000

CHILD ABUSE

A nationwide survey of child abuse incidents reported through

legally established channels is being undertaken

by

the

Florence Heller

Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare

at

Brandeis

University. The progress report of the study for July

1,

1966-February

15,

1967,

included data concerning a California

pilot

study which

was

completed in September

1966.

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