of parole and to the Division of Parole Supervision in determining the nature and degree of supervision desirable for each paroled man. 1. On the basis of its findings the Committee recommends that the Parole Board seriously consider the placing of its work on a scientific basis by making use of the method of statistical prediction of the non-violation or violation of parole both in the granting of paroles and in the supervision of paroled men. One competent statistician could compile the necessary information from the records and still further develop the accuracy of prediction by this new method. 2. That the Parole Board, as well as all other organizations dealing with the problem of crime, submit before publication its annual statistical report to a statistical expert or competent committee for analysis and auditing the same. This is necessary in order to obtain public confidence in the validity, not only of the figures, but of the method employed. CONCLUSION The Committee wishes to express the opinion that in the wisdom of its legislation on the indeterminate sentence and parole, Illinois is not surpassed by any other state, and that in the generosity of its appropriation for parole administration, for which the legislature for 1927 is to be commended, it is now possible more than in any other state in the Union for an adequate parole system to be developed and maintained. The Parole Board and the Departmnet of Public Welfare in cooperation with the police, the courts, and the penal and reformatory institutions of the state, have a unique opportunity for taking the next great forward step in the constructive solution of the crime problem through the rehabilitation of the criminal. The Committee repeats its conviction that the indeterminate-sentence and parole laws should be continued, but that their administration can and should be improved both by the placing of the work of the Parole Board on a scientific and professional basis and by further safeguards against the constant pressure of political influence. The Parole Board should enjoy the standing and independence of the Supreme Court of Illinois in order to discharge fully its equally great responsibility, and the compensation of its members should be the same as that of the judges of the Supreme Court in order to attract and to hold men and women of the highest qualifications. Parole has not yet had a fair trial in Illinois or elsewhere. The Committee appeals to the Legislature and to the people of Illinois to give it the conditions most favorable for its success. Respectfully submitted, ANDREW A. BRUCE ERNEST W. BURGESS ALBERT J. HARNO The Committee on the Study of the Workings of the Indeterminate-Sentence Law and of Parole in the State of Illinois TO HON. HINTON G. CLABAUGH, Chairman Parole Board CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 2 INDEX Administration, prison: at Joliet, After-care of convicts, 8, 45, 71, 123; Age when paroled, 230 Alton, first state penitentiary at, 23 Aptitude of inmates, 157; and rehab- Associates in crime, number of, in Bakery, work in, 133 Barber shop, work in, 133 Barnard, Henry, 29 Baseball for recreation, 143, 161 "Benefit of clergy," 14, 43 Blacksmith shop, work in, 131, 173 Board of Paroles: duties of, 3; func- Botkin, C. O., 87, 218 Boy probationers, 116-17 Boys, supervision of, 196f Boys' school, see St. Charles Brick making at Menard, 173 Bruce, Andrew A., iii, xi, 1, 268 Burgess, Ernest W., iii, xi, 203, 268 California, length of penal service Calvinistic theory of punishment, 13 Cell instruction: at Menard, 176; Chaplain: contacts with, 149, 159, Chester, see Menard Children, parole supervision of, 194, Cincinnati Prison Congress, 49 Civil Administrative Code Act, 67 Classical School of Penology, 15, 20 Combe, George, 49 Committee: function of, 4; plan of, Convicts: English, 9; farming out of, Cooks and commissary, work of, 134 Criminals: habitual, 38, 205, 208; Criminal Code: of 1827, 21; of 1833, Crofton, Sir Walter, 29, 49 Definite sentence, distinction be- Department of Public Welfare, cre- Deputy at New Prison, 166 Discharged parolees, status of, 218 mixture of types, 167; relieving |