Science and Technology and the President's Crime Commission

DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12360
Date01 May 2018
AuthorAlfred Blumstein
Published date01 May 2018
RESEARCH ARTICLE
PRESIDENT’S CRIME COMMISSION:
PAST AND FUTURE
Science and Technology and the President’s
Crime Commission
Past and Future
Alfred Blumstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract
The U.S. President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
added a Task Force on Science and Technology as somewhat of an afterthought because
there had then been very little interaction between science and technology and the
criminal justice system (CJS). The task force focused on the CJS as a whole and
interactions among its parts, with an important emphasis on analysis of the operating
systems and on the important potential role of information systems as the technology
advanced. The potential applications of contemporary information and electronic
technologies is considerable, especially for assessing risk and needs of identified offenders
and for providing relevant information wherever needed. There is urgent need for
scientific evaluation of many of the positive and negative aspects of the operation of the
CJS and of the potential for new technologies.
Keywords
Science and Technology Task Force of the 1967 President’sCrime Commission, oppor-
tunities for a new commission, criminal justice system
The U.S. President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of
Justice (commonly known as the President’s Crime Commission) was established
by then-President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 with task forces dealing with the key
Direct correspondence to Alfred Blumstein, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue,
Hamburg Hall 2101H, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (e-mail: ab0q@andrew.cmu.edu).
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12360 C2018 American Society of Criminology 271
Criminology & Public Policy rVolume 17 rIssue 2

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