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An Ounce Of Prevention: Toward An Understanding Of The Causes Of Violence, Commission On Crime Control And Violence Prevention Jan 1981

An Ounce Of Prevention: Toward An Understanding Of The Causes Of Violence, Commission On Crime Control And Violence Prevention

California Agencies

Pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 990 of 1979 Statutes (AB 23, Vasconcellos), the Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention is pleased to present this Preliminary Report, covering Commission activities and findings through December 30, 1981. The Commission is charged with the investigation of the root causes of violence, and the identification of preventative, proactive measures. That is, we seek ways to encourage human development in environments that prevent the first act of violence, or a violent life· pattern, from occurring.


Murder And The Death Penalty: A Special Report To The People, California Department Of Justice Jan 1981

Murder And The Death Penalty: A Special Report To The People, California Department Of Justice

California Agencies

Th i s Special Report: (1 ) compares pre-1963 when the death penalty was carried out on a regular basis, and post- 1963 when the death penalty was, and continues to be, effectively nullified; (2) provides a history of the death penalty in California; (3) describes the crimes committed by those individuals sentenced to death to show that anyone who resides in a cell on death row arrived there as a result of the commission of a brutal, and often extraordinarily heinous, murder; and ( 4) lists some simple, common sense crime prevent ion techniques which all citizens should be …


Homicide In California, 1981, Department Of Justice Jan 1981

Homicide In California, 1981, Department Of Justice

California Agencies

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