Research

Scope and Content Note

This series documents the activities and recommendations of the 1935 crime conference which served as the basis for Governor Lehman's anti-crime program of 1936.

The series includes: transcripts of proceedings of General Sessions 1-4; transcripts of proceedings of Round Tables 1-5 concerning 1) crime prevention, 2) detection and apprehension, 3) prosecution and the courts, 4) institutional care, and 5) probation, parole and rehabilitation; conference planning and organization materials, including: 1) invitation, conference, and subcommittee (round table) membership lists, and 2) conference planning committee proceedings, August 5; recommended and proposed legislation and roll call vote tallies on proposed legislation; subcommittee reports; recommendations for administrative and legislative changes for anti-crime program; proposals and recommendations for a Department of Justice headed by the Attorney General or a Bureau of Justice in the Department of Correction; addresses on crime by Governor Lehman and Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti; and news clippings on crime and the crime conference.