Criminal Justice Commission ( CJ)
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Date of Collection: 1922-1973
History: Originally chartered in 1922 as the Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission. In 1965 the name was changed to Criminal Justice Commission. In 1970 it became the Mayor's Committee on Criminal Justice and is non-political .
Mission: The Commission was formed through efforts of citizens and groups of civic, business and professional organizations. Founded in response of citizens to "spectacular daytime robbery, murder... organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes... research crime, criminals crime control and examine the administration of criminal justice in Md." "It also hopes to promote and secure an intelligent and efficient administration of criminal justice... through constructive and helpful cooperation..."
Description: Primarily a reference file, originally established for use by the Commission. In includes: reports, newspaper clippings, studies, conference proceedings and manuscript material related to the mission of the organization and its operation.
Topics include: Juvenille delinquency, correctional institutions, Baltimore Police Department; courts; and grand jury reports.
Series I.
Box 1.
1. Shackled Justice- Part 1, The Guilty Go Free, Duggins the Daily Record, Court of Special Appeals of MD 4/30/68
2. The Bouse Act, Research Report No. 27
25. Criminal Homicide in Baltimore, 1960-1964
15. International Association of Chiefs of Police// 44th Annual Conference
Balt. 1937
16. Report of the Police Commissioner Baltimore 1961
17. Report of the Police Commissioner Baltimore 1962
18. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1963
19. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1964
20. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1966
21. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1967
22. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1968
23. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1969
24. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1970
25. Police Department Baltimore// Annual Report 1971
32. Report Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce 1951
33. Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce 1951
34. Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce 1950
19. Administrative Office of the Courts Annual Report 1968-1969
20. National Prisoner Statistics 1952-1953
21. National Prisoner Statistics 1960
22. National Prisoner Statistics 1964
23. Crime and Delinquency Abstracts
24. Federal Prisons 1956
25. Federal Prisons 1959
26. Federal Prisons 1960
18. Crime Commission Handbook// September, 1965
19. Maryland Police Training Commission// Second Annual Report// July 1967 through June 1968
20. 1969 Newsletters
1. Signal Four- Family Trouble// Joint Report on Offenders Sentenced to Maryland House of Correction for Various Domestic Offenses// January 14, 1963
2. Report to Judiciary Committee of Legislative Council of Maryland with Reference to Item #200// Hearing on Activities of Night Clubs on the "Block" in Baltimore City// July 10, 1962
4. Islam Incarcerated// By Ralph G. Murdy// Reprint from Jan.-Feb. 1961 American Journal of Correction
5. "Does Baltimore Need a Municipal Youth Court"// October 15, 1962
6. Problems of Adequate Police Manpower
7. Criminal Justice Commission , Inc.// Bylaws// Adopted April 1, 1963// Amended Jan. 13, 1964 and Jan. 11, 1965
8. Criminal Justice Commission, Inc.// Proposed Revision of Bylaws
9. Certificate of Incorporation of Criminal Justice Commission, Inc.// Amended April 10, 1963 and February 5, 1965
10. Reports on Crime and Related Matters March 1, 1970
11. The Story of Baltimore's Challenge to the Rest of the US- It Can Be Done!// By C. Delano Ames
12. Report of Special Committee to Consider Proposal of Ulman Society for Merger with the Baltimore Criminal Commission// March 17, 1950
13. Report// to the Honorable Judges of the Supreme Bench// July 15, 1952
14. Special Report Concerning Domestic Relations Cases Confined to the Maryland House of Correction// During April 1955
15. Report Re: State's Witnesses in Baltimore City// By Special Committee of Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission, Inc.// June 1951
16. Cases Tried in Central District for January 1957
17. Cases Tried in Central District for July 1957
18. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin// July 1966
19. American Journal of Correction// March-April, 1964
21. A Summary of Major Anne Arundel County Grand Jury Recommendations// October Term 1961 through September 1969
22. Topical Index to Major Baltimore City Grand Jury Recommendations on Criminal Matters January Term 1954 Through January Term, 1970
23. Report on Legalized Gambling// Released January 1, 1964
24. Study and Report made by the Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission, Inc.// On Probation Work in the Magistrates Courts of Baltimore City// December 1953
25. Probation Service in Baltimore, Maryland// Report of a Brief Survey// February 1947
26. Special Report Concerning State's Witnesses in Baltimore City During 1955
27. Special Report Concerning Background Data of Persons Committed to the Maryland Penitentiary and Maryland House of Correction// During Sept. 1954, Jan. 1955, and April 1955 28. Report of a Study of the Subsequent Conduct (1951 to 1955) of Youthful Offenders Convicted in the Youth of Baltimore City in 1951
29. Report on the Keeping of Records in the Baltimore City Police Stations// October 1954
30. An Explanation of the Post Conviction Procedure Act
31. Domestic Relations Division// Supreme Bench of Baltimore City// First Annual Report// 1956 32. Readers Digest// Justice on the Job// June 1938
33. Tables Showing Municipal Court Caseload of 16-20 Year Old Defendants// July1- December 31, 1961
34. Arrests in Maryland- 1964
35. Source Material on the Baltimore Police Department// 1920-1964
36. Law School of Harvard University// Institute of Criminal Law// Special Research Project// April 22, 1935
37. Report of Ralph G. Murdy on the Police Survey in Baltimore// to the Criminal Justice Commission Annual Meeting// January 17, 1966
Box 2.
1. Police Cooperative Services in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, 1967-68
2. Police Boards, Miscellaneous Articles 1969
3. Gaither, Gen. Charles D.
4. Lawson, Williams
5. Stanton, Robert F.
6. Atkinson, Hamilton
7. Ober, Beverly
8. Hepbron, James M.
9. Schmidt, Bernard
10. Baltimore Police Dept. Interim Commissioner Feb. 3, 1966
11. Police Comm. Donald D. Pomerleau Community Relations
12. Assaults on Police, "Officers Arrested in Effecting Arrest"
13. Officers Injured in Effecting Arrests 1960
14. Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
15. Citizens and Editorials Comments 1966
Box 3.
1. Racial Incidents in Baltimore
2. Baltimore Police Department Police Community Relations Vol. II 1960-1963, Vol. 1936-59 3. Institute on Police Community Relations June 2-7, 1957, Papers Presented at the Ninth Annual National Kellog Center for Continuing Education Michigan Union May 19-24, 1963
4. The Police and Community Conflict 1962, Report of the Touring Committee of Western District Police Station, Police Community Relations Committee, 1961
5. A Report to Field Foundation, INC. 1961
6. Community- Police Relations Council 1964
7. Community- Police Relations Centers 8. CJC and the Police Department
9. Colored Policemen in Baltimore
10. Structure of Dept.
11. New Police Building
12. Public Information Division
13. Inspectional Services Division
14. Planning and Research Division
Box 4.
1. Fiscal Affairs Division
2. Internal Investigation Division
3. Baltimore Police Dept. List of Applicants Only 1966-67
4. Baltimore Police Dept. List of Applicants '68
5. Baltimore Police Dept. List of Applicants '69
6. Baltimore Police Dept. List of Applicants '70
7. Baltimore Police Dept. List of Applicants 1971-72
8. Baltimore Police Dept. Newsletters Dec. 1967
9. Baltimore Police Dept. Newsletters Dec. from Jan. 2, '68 to Dec. '70
10. Baltimore Police Dept. Newsletters Jan. 1971
11. Balto. Police Dept. Personnel Officer '66
12. Personal Service Board
13. Police Car Accidents
14. Training Division
15. Patrol Division
16. Traffic Division
17. Towing Bureau
Box 5.
1. Criminal Investigation Division
2. Youth Division
3. Police Districts
4. Central Records Division
5. Communications Division
6. Laboratory Division
7. Property Division
8. Police Biographies 1949-65, 1966-67, 1968-70, 1971 Internal Investigation Unit
9. Appeal for Police Department App't 1923
10. CD-Help 1965
11. Complaint Evaluation Board 1967
12. Heros in the Line of Duty Assoc. Inc.
13. Peace Officers Memorial Day
25. Criminal Homicides in Baltimore 1960-1964
Box 6.
Police Union
Prohibition Enforcement in MD 1929
Retired Verterans
United Baltimore City Police Wives, Inc.
Western Police Youth League, Inc.
Automible Club Report -1920
Does Baltimore Need More Policemen -1940
Bruce Smith Report - 1941
Vice Reports, 1942
Sopher Commission on Police Brutality - 1943
Century Athlectic Club Probe, 1947
FBI Record Survey, 1947 & 1949
Bruce Smith Report - 1950
Maryland State Crime Commission, 1953
Garrett Report, 1956
Police Probe, 1957
Julius Salsbury
Police Probe
The Block
Federal Rackets Investigation
Box 7.
Box 8. Local Riots
Agnew Riot Stand & Black Community
Anti-War Disturbances
April 1968 - One Year Later
Baltimore Free Press
H. Rap Brown
Flower Mart
Kerner Commission Report
Legal Representation
Maryland Crime Report - July 1968
Police Reserves
Police & Judicial Response to the Civil Disorders of April 1968
Post Riot Articles
Pre-1968 Baltimore Riot Files
Report of Baltimore Committee on the Administration of Justice Under Emegency Conditions - May 31, 1968
A Report of the Baltimore Civil Dusturbance of April, 1968
Riots - Local:1967-1973
Rock Shows - Civic Center
Urban Studies - Civil Disturbances
Box 8a. - Baltimore 1968 Riots
Newspapers
Baltimore Afro-American:April 6, 13,20
Baltimore Evening Sun: April 6, 9, 25
Baltimore News American: April 8
Baltimore [Morning] Sun: April 6-8, 10-12
Box 9.- 64. Unprocessed
Box 66-82. Unprocessed
Box 83. Collection Guides